First of all, many thanks to skeettx for having a computer new enough to convert PDF files to JPEGs, at least that is what I think happened. I couldn't get the photos up.
These are two pages from a different era Charlin catalog than Tim had, illustrating a rather higher grade Charlin, and, the semi-famous Charlin in a bottle of water, that is still sitting at the Darne factory, or, was, last time I was there in the mid 1990s. It is a stainless steel action, and barrels option that was available in Charlins at one time.
During the James Wayne era of Darne gun production, there was an option listed in his catalog for stainless steel barrels on Darne guns, and I have wondered if these were remaining production Charlin barrels being offered for sale on new Darnes. Keep in mine Darne bought Charlin in 1955, building the gun alongside Darnes until about 1968. I've never had the chance to examine one of the stainless barrel Darnes, and hope to run across one someday. I have never had a stainless Charlin "Littoral" in my hand, either. The catalog also illustrates a Charlin "Sologne", a cased Charlin sliding breech double with shotgun and rifle barrels, with options of cape barrels, and other mixte options.
Mike has two more pictures to post, either his program put a limit on what he could do in a day, or, he might have needed an ice cream break. Been hot in TX this week. But, in advance of him posting them, one is a picture of a typical color case hardened Charlin, and the other illustrates a vented rib available for the guns.
I don't know exactly when the catalog pictures I sent to Mike were current. No dates are in the catalog. I'd hazard a guess of post WWII and into the early 1950s. Note, also, that the catalog makes mention of the gun being grade marked with 5 stars (cinq étoiles) with three different levels of finish, so, it would appear that the lions and tigers and bears, or, whatever, were gone.
Best,
Ted
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