All beauties. To me, the back action gun and the Darne looks like cyanide, the sidelock looks like traditional case coloring, with the blues somewhat like those St. Ledger produced. I wonder what Manufrance guns looked like? You'd think at least some examples of the Robust with colors would be around, considering how many were made. I'm guessing a firm providing the service was in St. Etienne, anyone know the name if so?

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.