Well, one has to commence somewhere & I am cognizant that the time frame is the 1860s, and while the Belgians are out producing the French tube makers some 10:1, I do not think the French gained any ground but instead lost ground up till WWI. The French could not make any enroads as a supplier to the gun trade as the Belgians cornered the market. Indeed they made price-point weapons, but that was what the client desired. So if the Belgians are making all these tubes, just who are all the consumers?

St. Etienne tube makers in 1862:

JAVELLE-MAGAUD & SON - St. Etienne(Loire)

RONCHARD-SIAUVE - St. Etienne(Loire)

DIDIER-DREVET - St. Etienne(Loire)

J. BLACHON - St. Etienne(Loire)

A. Bernard - Paris

L. Bernard - Paris

L.F. Devisme - Paris


Kind Regards,

Raimey
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