I've had several people suggest that I should write a book on French doubles. If I were only independently wealthy! I've thought about requesting that folks here subsidize the undertaking . . . with the promise that I'd repay them from the profits generated by the book in question. I'm guessing that if I were to collect $5,000 in subsidies from those with an interest in French guns, by the time I deducted my expenses, there wouldn't be any profit left to share.
Two problems. The first, based on the above: For someone living in this country, it'd have to be a labor of love. Second problem: I'd guess that by now, too many primary sources are no longer available. The French gun trade slowly withered away after WWII. 40 or maybe 50 years ago would have been the time to do it . . . except back then, there was even less interest in French guns.
