Mr. Chambers, your first faux pas was saying you had an Abielle gun that you could photograph as proof. Instead of politely accepting you had misspelled the name you ended up with a shut down thread.

Now you said that you had proof in a catalogue that Charlin made Darne 1894 patent clones. Oops again. From what we saw on the pages of the referred catalogue you have posted, all Charlins are present and accounted for between pages 18 & 19 (with prices ranging from 995fr to 3700fr). I would still appreciate to see page 15 if possible, where details of the Regina/Darne R clone may be found.

JC

"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin