>>Breuil-Aulagner were barrel makers,later,the firm took the name "Jean Breuil".(Very good barrels)
By this time,plenty of skilled gunsmith(e)s were working in St Etienne and Paris,one making the barrels,another the reciever,another the stock...each one adding a little more to finish the shotgun which was sold in a gunshop ,the name of which was generally stamped on the rib.<<
Great info by Mr. R. Palmier.
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That's the procedure that many makers in St. Etienne followed, using skilled tradesmen to make the various parts. Vouzelaud (don't know whether they're still in business) operated that way. One of the Vouzelaud brothers stayed home and ran the shop, while the other one made frequent trips to St. Etienne to follow the progress of guns they were having built there.
Good catch on Heurtier, Argo! I kept looking at that, interpreting the first letter as an I.
