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I'm pretty sure Guignant was retailer. But I'd like to ask you, Stallones, to describe or better to show marks on rib between barrel flats and for-end hook, mark on receiver right flat on last photo and gun s/n.
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Agree with Rocketman and Geno. I have a Darne brochure from a gunshop in Rouen that I visited in 1977. The name was Jacquet, and I'm pretty sure it was the only gunshop in Rouen at that time. But not surprising that the Guignant business did not survive another half century.
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Rocketman:
What do you mean by a Birmingham style "flatback" action?
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I was going to suggest the same; that Guignant was not the maker of this gun. Geno has the right idea, there should be some type of trademark on the barrel or action flats of the maker in Belgium. Gunmarks, a book by David Byron has a wealth of european trademarks.
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The flatback action has a steel extension that sticks out from the fences. The top horn of the stock mates to this "flat back" part of the action. A stocked to the fences action does not have this extension, rather, the stock top horn goes all the way to the fences. Compare the point where the stock and action meet on top of the action between the photo of the gun in question and the Purdey in the following photo. 
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Emile Warnant EW* Thats it Geno!! Thanks for the great help and info.Here is a better picture of EW* 
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Also looks like initials on the barrels, right in front of the flats--but I can't make them out. Likely those of the barrelmaker, which Geno or someone else might know, if you can furnish those.
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