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If anyone deserves a dArne shoots gun it's you....
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PJ,
I'm not sure why anyone would specify they want a post 1964 Darne. Since a bunch of the production that ended up here, or, in Canada, was built and numbered out of sequence with production for Europe, I'm not sure one can nail down a production time frame on guns they find here in the states prior to Paul Bruchet's ownership of the company.
Sometime prior to the second world war, the Darne company just started having everything, from R10s to the highest grades, triple proofed. There was a clarification to the laws of proof in 1964, but, it didn't really change anything Darne had been doing for a long time. Guns with 75mm chambers are proofed to the same level as 2 3/4" guns.
1964 was right at the beginning of an economic downturn in the French economy, and 1965 saw a bunch of companies drop out, merge, or discontinue products-the Charlin disappeared in 1965. Run of the mill guns weren't finished as nice as they might have been 10 years or so prior. Gil's R10 20 gauge that I sold him is a late 1940s guns, and I have never seen an example built in the 1960s that could compare to the gun, in quality of wood or finish.
Where did you get the notion that you would want something built after 1964?
As to the mountain clown who posted about the superiority of a Browning over a Beretta, and offered up no evidence that matters as to why that might be, I'd like to point out that any number of little 16-18 year old girls who participate in our local high school trap and skeet leagues could beat his fat ugly ass seven ways from sunday, any day of the week, with any gun he showed up with. And, look good doing it.
WIth their Mossberg pumps.
Best,
Ted
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French like Italians have very good food. The only shoty I want is post 1964 Darne 16ga. Not saying I'm not going to sneak in another old vintage police/military shotgun, but Darne gets the priority. Jagermeister might spring for some French food... like French fries, but you'll see CNN endorsing Donald Trump for re-election before you'll see him buy any Darne. Jagermeister is a tire-kicker who doesn't own one lousy double shotgun, and lies to us about guns he claimed to own, but never actually bought. 
Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug
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Mountain clowns and tire kickers. There’s a country music song in there somewhere. _________________________ Rocked ‘em in Raleigh, knocked ‘em out in Knoxville. https://youtu.be/Sf2zGnm_NbM
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Keith,
I think PJ is close to 80 years of age. I don't know a single 80 year old (and I know a few of them) who is actually in the market for a Darne, but, you never know.
But, when I see something posted that strikes me as odd about sliding breech guns, and, especially Darne versions of same, I like to know what the poster is thinking.
I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would specify 1964 or newer on a Darne. So, I asked.
We have far more clarity about sliding breech guns, now, versus when I first started looking, with money in hand, circa 1981 or so.
I like to keep it that way.
Never took a shine to country music, Lonnie. They play a lot of that in Detroit?
Best,
Ted
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Hello, Ted
Maybe Jag just wants to chop one up for when him and King go on some flying adventure in Nova Scotia. Most of the future pilots in my Basic School class were pretty stupid, but not stupid enough to chop up a Purdey.
Why wouldn’t they play country music in Detroit? We have a rich and varied musical culture.
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....when I see something posted that strikes me as odd...
....I like to know what the poster is thinking.
I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would specify 1964 or newer.... He was probably thinking they're like Winchesters and have more collector value, to him?
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The is Darne up for auction next month. I i dont know if it is pre or post 64, nor why I should care.
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As to the mountain clown who posted about the superiority of a Browning over a Beretta
Mr. Sniffle'beAn I said a Browning Citori was a better buy/gun than that Beretta. Not all Berettas frAnswha....
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PJ,
I'm not sure why anyone would specify they want a post 1964 Darne. Since a bunch of the production that ended up here, or, in Canada, was built and numbered out of sequence with production for Europe, I'm not sure one can nail down a production time frame on guns they find here in the states prior to Paul Bruchet's ownership of the company.
Sometime prior to the second world war, the Darne company just started having everything, from R10s to the highest grades, triple proofed. There was a clarification to the laws of proof in 1964, but, it didn't really change anything Darne had been doing for a long time. Guns with 75mm chambers are proofed to the same level as 2 3/4" guns.
1964 was right at the beginning of an economic downturn in the French economy, and 1965 saw a bunch of companies drop out, merge, or discontinue products-the Charlin disappeared in 1965. Run of the mill guns weren't finished as nice as they might have been 10 years or so prior. Gil's R10 20 gauge that I sold him is a late 1940s guns, and I have never seen an example built in the 1960s that could compare to the gun, in quality of wood or finish.
Where did you get the notion that you would want something built after 1964?
As to the mountain clown who posted about the superiority of a Browning over a Beretta, and offered up no evidence that matters as to why that might be, I'd like to point out that any number of little 16-18 year old girls who participate in our local high school trap and skeet leagues could beat his fat ugly ass seven ways from sunday, any day of the week, with any gun he showed up with. And, look good doing it.
WIth their Mossberg pumps.
Best,
Ted I will take pre-64 if it has original 70mm chambers.
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