I humbly think you got it wrong on both count Ted (even though you got me going in the right direction),
it is "galbee" with an accent aigu on the first e.
I's an adjective not a person's name and is pronounced sort of "galbay".
"crosse galbe'e"
Check your dictionnary.
Best regards
WC-
My Larousse agrees. Had never heard the term before. Of course when one considers the names we give to stocks, one quickly realizes that they're derived from the grip, not the rest of the wood. For example, you can have a straight stock with a cheekpiece. You mention the cheekpiece if you're describing the gun, but it's still a straight stock because of the nature of the grip.
I've seen a fair number of Bernardellis with a perch belly. Don't know for sure whether they were all made that way if they had a straight grip, but I don't know that it bothered American buyers all that much.
Last edited by L. Brown; 12/02/14 09:10 AM.
