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"Marcheurs" - Fab, this is a new word. - c'est un nouveau mot. Need help.

"Guild gun" just means "constructed using parts from different sources in Saint Etienne." This sentence in the text probably explains the "guild gun" terminology best.

"Il travaille régulièrement avec Roullier-Beaume, 4 bis rue Badouillère, à St-Etienne, mais aussi la myriade d’armuriers stéphanois à façon dans tous les corps de métier (marcheurs, monteurs en bois, canonniers, basculeurs…) qui permettaient à l’époque, tout comme à Liège d’ailleurs, de faire des petites séries d’une cinquantaine d’armes, toutes personnalisables à la demande."

"He worked regularly with Roullier-Beaume, 4 bis rue Badouillère, in St-Etienne, but also the myriad of custom gunmakers from Saint-Etienne in all trades (marcheurs?," stock makers, barrel makers, action makers/filers, etc.) who at the time, just like in Liège, allowed him to make small series of around fifty weapons, all customizable on demand."

Basically a retailer in the French countryside - usually a hardware store, would order a gun from a wholesaler in Saint Etienne who would have it constructed. It might even be "finished" at the hardware store. If enough guns were sold by the retailer, he might start putting his name on them. We delved a little into this in this line 5 years ago:
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forum...p;Board=1&main=37809&type=thread

Fab's article throws interesting light on Canvasback's gun. CB - is your gun "4 star" or "5 star?" Stamping not clear. Whatever, it looks like you've got a real gem.