As I was trying to research this gun, the year of manufacture was a mystery to me. However after pulling the buttplate off, I noticed some faint writing and was eventually able to read it. "10-8-14" and the mark of whom I'm guessing was the stockmaker (François?). Either way, we now know not only the year but an exact day it was worked on. I haven't tried checking out the proof marks yet though.











Has an interesting star inlay in the grip.



So as I'm working on cleaning up this old shotgun for the sake of preservation, I'm just curious about the history of Dumoulin shotguns and if there could be many others of this make and model over here in the US. Does anyone here own one or know of others? Anything would be appreciated. Thanks for looking!