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Good women, food, wine and song......but not this thingy. What's next an earring in each lobe?

Is the Darne not named after the mild expletive muttered by owners every time they pinch their skin in that guillotine of a breech?

Or every time they miss a shot because of the awful safety.

OWD

Perhaps......., but I'm bit tired of reading about that English stuff.......and rook pies. It's nice to take a breath of fresh air once in a while.

I used to own its plain sister, the CX 2400 C-matic, which was a bit underpowered. The one shown above is the GT version, styled/engineered by the people at Maserati, which Citroen purchased back then - about 1970. It was very "cutting edge" in its day, won all sorts of awards, quirky in a French way, e.g. the indicators were not self-cancelling, because Citroen thought that a manual cancel would aid driver alertness. The pneumatic suspension was great! Mine did not have starting/rust problems, but then I did not live in the MidWest. Just as a Monday car in the US is called a lemon, the French use the same term, un citron.
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K.

A guy who would get his skin caught in closing a Darne would be the same guy who got his dong caught in his fly, as well. At that point, his mum would install velcro where his zipper used to be, and all would be well. All would be well that is, as long as he was your hunting partner, not mine.
Leaving the key just out of battery on a Darne is quite comfortable for field carry, and one can avoid using the left mounted safety entirely if that is what they wish. Explaining that fact to the guy with the velcro fly is likely a waste of perfectly good breath, however.
The big problem, is finding a used Darne that fits. And, that is a big problem, since they don't take well to bending the stock (there is a steel rod down the middle of the wrist).
Most gunsmithing that takes place on Darnes is to correct amatuer gunsmithing attempted previously. No need to discuss rejointing, or safe damascus wall thickness is needed. A good idea, is just that, regardless of what country it comes from.
I thought the Irish girls were prettier and more friendly than either the French or English girls I met, but, the Colombian ladies had them all beat, hands down.
I've got a Darne, and a Colombian wife. The Darne introduced me to hunting birds with a lightweight, durable, and, mostly, idiot proof design (see above, idiots have a certain ingenuity about them) and my wife introduced me to just how well a South American woman looked in a Brazilian cut bikini.
Eat your heart out.
Best,
Ted

Ted, my friend:
Not much more can be said, so=-----
Best,
John

This is an interesting thread. One of the things I find most curious about Darnes, is that in the age of modernism in which we live, the Darne remains unchanged. It seems to me a byproduct of French Roccoco and Baroque thought and design, with its emphasis on fanciful flourish over function, and yet here it is in the 21st century, apparently still doing relatively well.

Amazing.

If they could, the dead grouse in my freezer might give a pretty good argument that my unengraved, case colored R10 is relatively un-fanciful, unflourished, and mercilessly functional.
Best,
Ted

But Ted... That is the king of the forrest that you are shooting! You may want to make some adjustments.