[quote=graybeardtmm3
now, i would pose another question; having looked up the geographical locations of the makers....why would a maker in La Ferte-Mace send guns a much greater distance to be proofed in st. etienne, when paris is so close by?

best regards,
tom [/quote]

Because the gun was fitted, proofed, and sent, unstocked, and in the white, to a gunmaker who finished it, sometimes years after it showed up.

Best,
Ted