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Excellent article Igor. Very informative.
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It would seem that the Brothers Lebeau concern was comprised of Jules and Gustave Lebeau and the concern faltered in 1881. For the moment not sure of the family relationship between Auguste Lebeau and Gustave & Jules Lebeau.
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Raimey
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Hi, Raimey Please, read the article again. There is a document of notary. I think it will remove your questions. Regards, Igor www.shotguncollector.com
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I take the opinion from this article that it was Ferdinand Courally that elevated the August Lebeau gun up to that elite level of Bodson(?) and DeFourney?
But can he do that in such a short period of time?
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I take the opinion from this article that it was Ferdinand Courally that elevated the August Lebeau gun up to that elite level of Bodson(?) and DeFourney?
But can he do that in such a short period of time? Correct promotion, variety of models, excellent finishing... Mr. Courally was an extraordinary businessman is beyond any doubt. His father was a wealthy man. Maybe he invested money in business of his son?
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Igor, I have read the English text and IMHO there is a little mistake when you say that the writer ment Holland & Holland, I think it is Galand who was a period artisan gunmaker and make also "Best" guns.
Cheers, Marc.
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Hi, Mark
It's not a mistake. Bitkov wrote Galan a`Galan (word for word), but not Galand. It's hard to say what he had in mind
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That, or the writer had Galand and Holland&Holland confused  Courally's marketing STILL WORKS on Russian gunners. He was a bloody genius.
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Igor:
Me thinks you to be most correct in Courally being an investor. In most, with few exceptions, a partnership is composed of a fella with capital & a mechanic with talent. Have you any information that Courally was an actual arquebusier and attained the rank of master? Probably operated the concern on the coattails of Lebeau?
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upd - or was it Larderet's idea to name models after Russian nobility?
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