Well Keith (having read your post above) . . . are you suggesting that the stock and forend are original and made by Rivolier? I'd put significant money on the wood being a custom job. As I noted earlier, it simply does not match the rest of the gun--which is a relatively plain boxlock nonejector with minimal engraving. Not that it's not a good gun (most French guns being well-made), but just not an expensive one, to match that wood.