Ted, it is not just from the site. Having followed the US hunting press over many years there were few references to French guns. The Darne was mentioned. Roger Barlow wrote one or two pieces on the Bretton.
I do not recall any mention of the Robust or the Ideal in the press and naturally did not expect anything on lesser known makes like Granger, Bergeron etc. The double rifle people seem to be more Francophilic, perhaps because of Chapuis and Verney Carron offering double rifles at reasonable rates.
An aside, Greener mentions that Walsh favored a French double that opened via a spur which was squeezed towards the stock. He does not even mention the name of the gun!
