Raimey, Any leads from this Thread for further Imfo' on the"Drawn Steel Company"??..Auguste Chapu, Paris. I have had 2 Chapu's 'on the bench' both were owned by "French Chap", a Scholar of the First Water",A Charming Continental,nothing like the description that Queen Victoria gave to her "Subjects" about the French!!The Guns were of the Highest Quality,from the 'Nose-end to the Butt-Ends of the French Walnut Stocks. For a farther evaluation of the "High Standard of the quality" of the 20 bore, Mr Paul Hodgins,"Stockmaker Extrordinaire"(Formerly of the House of Holland & Holland..Factory, not the Clothing Store),Paul was commisioned to Restock the 20',The Lad did 'Well& Good'.I got to see the gun at a later date. I'm sure Auguste would have been"Chuffed", even tho'an Englishman had had his 'Grubbies" all over the'Fro.....Delete...French built Shot-Gun. I was.CC/dt
