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Does any one here have any information on Damon gunmakers of St. Étienne?
Company history?
Pictures of the factory/gunworks?

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Thanks, Gene. Much appreciated. Interesting that Damon was also active in the aerospace industry. That undoubtedly had something to do with the excellent build quality and reputation of high quality in France in regards to their guns. Interesting stuff, thanks again!
I would certainly love to read and learn more about the company.


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I’ll do some deeper searches once back home and when the Mac is repaired.


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Dustin, here is an explanation of the Damon-Petrick superposed action which is sprinkled all over Naturabuy. Neltir, the poster is one of my favorites - he worked for 50 years in the Saint-Etienne gun industry and knew everything. He would be 88 now. I don't know if he's still around. Like many gunsmiths he is somewhat irascible and impatient of ignorance. I've rearranged the comments in the line to make them more apt.

I don't quite understand what a rifle "trunnion" (pivot) system is (as used on an AK-47) or what a closing system "a tuile" entails. "La Manu" is of course Manufrance. Anyway this will give a little more information on Andre Damon.

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-- Fermeture a Tuile

https://www.passionlachasse.com/t3797p150-ponce-huile-un-conseil

Neltir ! Pour Petrick, c'est Damon et pas Dumon ! Firme d'ailleurs bien française malgré un patronyme exotique : DAMON-PETRIK, ils exerçaient d'ailleurs à St-Etienne.

Re Damon-Petrick, it's Damon and not Dumon! It’s a very French firm despite an exotic surname: DAMON-PETRIK also wprked out of St-Etienne.

Oh Damon- Pétrick a fait pas mal d'armes en tous genres avant d'être associé a Pétrick , Damon a l'origine Damon André fabriquant de carabines , fusils,pistolets et révolvers a St Etienne était un grand producteur .

Damon made quite a few weapons of all kinds before being associated with Pétrick. Damon was originally Damon André manufacturing rifles, pistols and revolvers in St Etienne. He was a big producer.

Pétrick s'est installé a St Etienne en 1910 et Damon en 1919 au 87 rue des Francs Maçons il dépose sa marque de fabrique en 1919 le 2 décembre ,l'entreprise a fermée définitivement en 1968 elle était alors a la rue Fougerolles depuis 1948 .Damon fils était quand a lui a Bourg en Bresse depuis 1931 et jusqu'en 1952.

Pétrick settled in St Etienne in 1910 and Damon in 1919 at 87 rue des Francs Maçons he registered his trademark in 1919 on December 2, the company closed definitively in 1968. it had been at rue Fougerolles since 1948. Damon Jr. was in Bourg en Bresse from 1931 until 1952.

Oui merci .j'ai fait l'étourderie du jour !!!! En 1920 Pétrick de Paris fit un superposé a tourillons et c'est Damon a St Etienne qui le fabriqua et y apporta des éléments nouveaux . bien que principe du fusil Français a tourillons soit dû a Pidault un arquebusier a Auxerre qui réalisa le premier en 1885 . Damon créa donc le verrouillage et l'armement par la clef sur son fusil " Stepha" , le levier de clef entraine les chiens a l'armé (par analogie avec Darne) et la piéce qui forme la fermeture en coiffant les canons recule par le mouvement de la clef et libère les canons pour le basculage .c'est a partir de là que la Manu a appliquée le systéme a ses créations .

In 1920 Pétrick of Paris made a superimposed trunnion system. Damon in St Etienne manufactured it and added new elements. The first French trunnion rifle was invented in 1885 by Pidault, an arquebusier in Auxerre. Damon subsequently created the locking and cocking system using the key on his "Stepha" rifle. The key lever cocks the hammers (something like a Darne); the part which forms the closure of the barrels, is rotated back by the movement of the key, releasing the barrels and allowing them to tilt. La Manu applied this system to its creations.

Ils sont, il me semble les "inventeurs" de la fermeture dite "en tuile" dont ont bénéficié certains Finn et la deuxième génération de Falcor de la Manu !

They are, it seems to me, the "inventors" of the so-called "en tuile" (stacked tile?) closure system from which certain “Finns?” and the second generation of Falcor of la Manu benefited!. (Falcor is Manufrance O/U model).

La dénomination Damon -Pétrick s'est opérée en 1950 par la réunion des deux firmes avec l'appellation : "Damon et Pétrick fusils superposés a fermeture a Tuile".

The Damon-Pétrick name was established in 1950 by the merger of the two firms. It was called “Damon and Pétrick superimposed rifles with Tile? (Tuile) closure"

D'ailleurs si on regarde bien le fusil idéal qui s'arme par le mouvement de la clef en même temps que le verrouillage est une variante améliorée du système de Damon ou la clef courte faisait effectuer un effort assez grand pour bander les ressorts d'armement et que la Manu dota son Idéal d'une longue clef sous forme d'un levier d'armement qui vient se loger sur le pourtour du pontet et donc donna une grande souplesse a la manoeuvre .

If we look closely at the ideal rifle, which is armed by the movement of the key at the same time the locking mechanism is activated, it is essentially an improved variant of the Damon system. Damon used a short key which required a fairly large effort to bend the cocking springs. Manu equipped its Ideal with a long key in the form of a cocking lever housed on the perimeter of the trigger guard and which, therefore, provided a much easier movement.

https://www.naturabuy.fr/SUPERPOSE-LE-SUPER-FRANCAIS-CALIBRE-12-65-item-9348397.html

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Originally Posted by Argo44
Dustin, here is an explanation of the Damon-Petrick superposed action which is sprinkled all over Naturabuy. Neltir, the poster is one of my favorites - he worked for 50 years in the Saint-Etienne gun industry and knew everything. He would be 88 now. I don't know if he's still around. Like many gunsmiths he is somewhat irascible and impatient of ignorance. I've rearranged the comments in the line to make them more apt.

I don't quite understand what a rifle "trunnion" (pivot) system is (as used on an AK-47) or what a closing system "a tuile" entails. "La Manu" is of course Manufrance. Anyway this will give a little more information on Andre Damon.

Looking for definitions:
-- Fermeture a Tuile

https://www.passionlachasse.com/t3797p150-ponce-huile-un-conseil

Neltir ! Pour Petrick, c'est Damon et pas Dumon ! Firme d'ailleurs bien française malgré un patronyme exotique : DAMON-PETRIK, ils exerçaient d'ailleurs à St-Etienne.

Re Damon-Petrick, it's Damon and not Dumon! It’s a very French firm despite an exotic surname: DAMON-PETRIK also wprked out of St-Etienne.

Oh Damon- Pétrick a fait pas mal d'armes en tous genres avant d'être associé a Pétrick , Damon a l'origine Damon André fabriquant de carabines , fusils,pistolets et révolvers a St Etienne était un grand producteur .

Damon made quite a few weapons of all kinds before being associated with Pétrick. Damon was originally Damon André manufacturing rifles, pistols and revolvers in St Etienne. He was a big producer.

Pétrick s'est installé a St Etienne en 1910 et Damon en 1919 au 87 rue des Francs Maçons il dépose sa marque de fabrique en 1919 le 2 décembre ,l'entreprise a fermée définitivement en 1968 elle était alors a la rue Fougerolles depuis 1948 .Damon fils était quand a lui a Bourg en Bresse depuis 1931 et jusqu'en 1952.

Pétrick settled in St Etienne in 1910 and Damon in 1919 at 87 rue des Francs Maçons he registered his trademark in 1919 on December 2, the company closed definitively in 1968. it had been at rue Fougerolles since 1948. Damon Jr. was in Bourg en Bresse from 1931 until 1952.

Oui merci .j'ai fait l'étourderie du jour !!!! En 1920 Pétrick de Paris fit un superposé a tourillons et c'est Damon a St Etienne qui le fabriqua et y apporta des éléments nouveaux . bien que principe du fusil Français a tourillons soit dû a Pidault un arquebusier a Auxerre qui réalisa le premier en 1885 . Damon créa donc le verrouillage et l'armement par la clef sur son fusil " Stepha" , le levier de clef entraine les chiens a l'armé (par analogie avec Darne) et la piéce qui forme la fermeture en coiffant les canons recule par le mouvement de la clef et libère les canons pour le basculage .c'est a partir de là que la Manu a appliquée le systéme a ses créations .

In 1920 Pétrick of Paris made a superimposed trunnion system. Damon in St Etienne manufactured it and added new elements. The first French trunnion rifle was invented in 1885 by Pidault, an arquebusier in Auxerre. Damon subsequently created the locking and cocking system using the key on his "Stepha" rifle. The key lever cocks the hammers (something like a Darne); the part which forms the closure of the barrels, is rotated back by the movement of the key, releasing the barrels and allowing them to tilt. La Manu applied this system to its creations.

Ils sont, il me semble les "inventeurs" de la fermeture dite "en tuile" dont ont bénéficié certains Finn et la deuxième génération de Falcor de la Manu !

They are, it seems to me, the "inventors" of the so-called "en tuile" (stacked tile?) closure system from which certain “Finns?” and the second generation of Falcor of la Manu benefited!. (Falcor is Manufrance O/U model).

La dénomination Damon -Pétrick s'est opérée en 1950 par la réunion des deux firmes avec l'appellation : "Damon et Pétrick fusils superposés a fermeture a Tuile".

The Damon-Pétrick name was established in 1950 by the merger of the two firms. It was called “Damon and Pétrick superimposed rifles with Tile? (Tuile) closure"

D'ailleurs si on regarde bien le fusil idéal qui s'arme par le mouvement de la clef en même temps que le verrouillage est une variante améliorée du système de Damon ou la clef courte faisait effectuer un effort assez grand pour bander les ressorts d'armement et que la Manu dota son Idéal d'une longue clef sous forme d'un levier d'armement qui vient se loger sur le pourtour du pontet et donc donna une grande souplesse a la manoeuvre .

If we look closely at the ideal rifle, which is armed by the movement of the key at the same time as the locking mechanism is activated, it is essentially an improved variant of the Damon system. Damon used a short key which required a fairly large effort to bend the cocking springs. Manu equipped its Ideal with a long key in the form of a cocking lever housed on the perimeter of the trigger guard and which, therefore, provided a much easier movement.

https://www.naturabuy.fr/SUPERPOSE-LE-SUPER-FRANCAIS-CALIBRE-12-65-item-9348397.html


Thank you, Gene. Is there a reason the name Petrik is spelled “Petrick” in all of the info you provided? I’ve always seen it spelled “Petrik”. Is it the French way of spelling a Czech name?

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I don't know Dustin. It's the way Neltir spelled it. It could be the Frencification of a Slavic name or it could just be Neltir. It is Petrik on Naturabuy.

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Originally Posted by Argo44
I don't know Dustin. It's the way Neltir spelled it. It could be the Frencification of a Slavic name or it could just be Neltir. It is Petrik on Naturabuy.

No worries, I was just curious. Thanks for all the info Gene, much appreciated.

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Salut,
Goopics a un problème. Si cela ne s'arrange pas, je publierai uniquement les textes du magazine.

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Bon dimanche à vous, aussi Fab !

Pour nous ici aux États-Unis, ce prix est merveilleux pour cette paire fusils Petrik, vous pourriez être en mesure d'en acheter un pour ce prix habituellement.

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Dustin, one can't use google translate to tranlate the above article forwarded by FAB. But if it would help, I could give it a go. It does add a few things about Damon and Petrik not mentioned by Neltir.


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Gene, I got this far:

“Damon-Pétrik... This name is both among the best known in the French armory and the most poorly known. The superimposed products produced by this manufacturer, recognizable by their tile lock coming to style the cannons, are familiar to many of us, but we don't know anything

Of their history. It's time to lift the veil”.

Now, my brain hurts.

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Your French is coming back Ted.:) I'll have at it over the next couple of days.


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Originally Posted by Argo44
Dustin, one can't use google translate to tranlate the above article forwarded by FAB. But if it would help, I could give it a go. It does add a few things about Damon and Petrik not mentioned by Neltir.

Ahhh, yes please!!! Thank you, Gene.

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Ted utiliser Google lens pour traduire les pages.

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Dude had a wife who fancied live pigeon shooting. Wow.

Merci’ Fab.

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Nice Ted. I didn't know that existed. I won't bother with the translation then if you could just post the google lens translation of the rest of the article. I can repost the article if needed - cleaned it up a bit. Learned something as always on this excellent forum.


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Wow!! Merci FAB. Chaos, rioting, looting, disfunction, anarchy, war. . . .and now google takes over!!! My job here is done. smile Gene

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Thank you, Fab500.


How many of you own a Damon-Petrik?

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Originally Posted by LeFusil
Thank you, Fab500.


How many of you own a Damon-Petrik?


This is going to be a short list….

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Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
Originally Posted by LeFusil
Thank you, Fab500.


How many of you own a Damon-Petrik?


This is going to be a short list….

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I know you’re right! 😂.
I called Geoffroy today and he gave me the news on take down, maintenance , etc. He very enthusiastic and happy to hear someone else owns one!

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Originally Posted by Argo44
Wow!! Merci FAB. Chaos, rioting, looting, disfunction, anarchy, war. . . .and now google takes over!!! My job here is done. smile Gene


Settle back down, bro. Did you happen to read Googles translation?

I thought my French sucked.


I mean, the Google thing is better than nothing, but, it ain’t there, just yet.

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Ok, thought everyone was satisfied. I'll give a human interpretation...it won't be literal but will be understandable.

Surperb and astonishing French O/U

Damon-Petrik
The Unknown


Damon-Petrik…This name is at once one of the best known French gunmakers and the most unknown. The O/U guns produced by this gunmaker, reconizable by there tile lock crowning the barrels, are familiar to just about everyone, but we are all ignorant of their history. It is time to ift the curtain.

When I discovered on the pages of this magazine a reader’s letter entitled “A Petrik without Damon,” over a year ago (in “Hunting Guns” nr. 70), I said to myself that this was my homework to send to this reader the most precise information in my possession. For several years I have been passionate about this mark, such that it led me to become interested in its history and to shed light on poorly known aspects and bring to light a lot of assumptions and even inaccuracies. Because let’s admit that the brand has not always been treated fairly in works devoted to hunting. Thus, Pierre Louis Duchartre, in his “History of Hunting Arms and Their Use”, published in 1955, only talks of lateral locks of the Francotte type without a word for the tiled lock of Petrik. Then, closer to home in 1990, Dominique Venner called it “a fabrication of the post WWII era.” I am going therfore to try to reconstruct here the history, the true history, of this firm. Boniface Petrik is not of Swedish origin but Czeck. He was born 5 May 1880 in Temice, a small village of Moravia, before being naturalized as a French citizen in 1926. Neither was he an engineer, but was rather a gun maker and owned a gunshop in Paris up until he decided, probably around 1910, to move to Bayonne.

A Present for his Wife:

Petrik chose the great south-west in order for his wife to engage in her favorite sport, live-pigeon shots. The seaside village of Biarritz was then run by fine shooters, of which Madame Petrick was one, a tough competitor whose name can be found frequently as medalist in the live pigeon competitions of that period.

Her gunmaker husband thought that an O/U shotgun could be easier for her to aim, and subsequently for all sport shooters. It had been more than 100 years with no O/U hammerless action gun capable of competing with the SxS’s then in Europe – the several O/U's made since the beginning of the 18th century not being able to make the weight.

Boniface followed up on his idea and got to work, and quickly ran into his first difficulties; How to lock the upper barrel? With what types of lumps (or hooks)? And how to insure percussion, difficult to do using only oblique firing pins?

If the final gun born from this research is now well known and has been seriously describe by specialists, one completely ignores the two prototypes that the gunmaker fabricated for his wife. One can all the same suppose that the first Damon models were very close to being made. They had a conical tile closing system – of increible precision which brings the point of attachment close to the source of force – two lateral hooks and barrels without an intermediate band, which elimiated lateral vibrations.

In 1913, Jean Breuil was 37 years old and a known barrel maker in Saint-Etienne. He already had a great deal of experience; at the age of 13, he became an apprentice; he forged damascus barrels when he was 17 and passed with success the examinations for obtaining the title of “artisan,” on his majority at the age of 21 during this time period. Madame Petrik, who in addition to being a fine markswoman, was quite knowledgeable about weapons technique. She used Breuil barrels and according to the press, he was quite proud to offer his barrels to the famous lady. Later on, Damon made actions for Jean Breuil, but not . .

. . .missing page 103

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You guys that own Remington model 32s now know who to thank.

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FAB, it appears we're missing page 103 and probably 105.
FAB il me semble que nous manque la page 103 de l'article et probablement 105.

Well I messed that grammar up:

"It seems that" (Il semble que) - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It doesn't seem that" - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It seems to me that" - second clause - no subjunctive
"It doesn't seem to me that: - second clause - subjunctive tense.

And the verb "to miss" "manquer" is reversed in French.
. . ."it is missing" = "il manque" but
. . ."I miss you" becomes "You are missed by me" (Tu me manque).

So the easiest way to say the above would be rather abruptly:
. . ."il manque les pages 103 et 105." (it is missing pages 103 and 105).

So the correct sentence would be (I think) (Manquer is the same in the subjective and the present).
. . . ."Il me semble qu'il manque la page 103 est peut être la page 105."

Now I need a drink - (Maintenant j'ai besoin d'un verre)

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Google this phrase

Les Superposes Damon Petrik

It pops up a French article by Louis de Seze. It is a different article from the one above. This article is on pages 22-25.

Geoffroy Gournet gave me the info on the article. I printed out the whole article. My copy is not very clear, but readable. The last page has a good color photo of a Super France model.

I have one. It is not marked with maker or retailer. Geoffroy knew immediately what it was. I had to get lessons on taking it down. It is way different. The top latch has a small catch. The catch keeps the latch just far enough back that you lift the barrels straight up out of the receiver.

The receiver is rounded. They left metal to shape the appearance of a sidelock. Then engraved it to look like a sidelock. The false sideplates look just like a sidelock in shape. It is completely engraved. It is only after you remove the sideplates you see the boxlock. It is extremely well done.

Damon Petrik Superposed SN 35xx
Model Le SuperFrancais
12 ga, ejector, 76cm 29.9", 7lb 6oz, solid rib
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Top Choke .042 / MWT .033
Bottom Choke .040 / MWT .031
Double triggers, Prince of Wales style grip, 14" LOP

The chokes are a mono block sleeved into the ends of the barrels. There is a line about a half inch from the muzzle where the transition is. With a good light you can see the choke tubes go further into the barrels. An early Briley system?
The barrels are sleeved into the receiver. There is a solid rib between the upper and lower barrels. These barrels are solid.
It once had sling swivels, made for European market. I have no idea how it got to the US. There are no importer stamps.

It can be at the Southern.

I'll try to find a link to the color photo.

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Found it.

https://www.littlegun.info/arme%20francaise/artisans%20p%20q%20r/a%20petrik%20damon%20gb.htm

My gun is a twin to the last two color photos on the last page.

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Thanks Joe. . .that is a more technical and imho a better article. With the pictures and diagrams I can understand some of the terms being used. I'll translate it today or tomorrow and then add the photos. It's worth having. (I believe we met at the Southern a couple of years ago.)

FRENCH GUNS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

It was the sale of a used Damon Petrik gun that led us to study the production of this French firm, previously working out of Saint Etienne, whose operations unfortunately ceased several years ago; we had an opportunity to handle an arm from this establishment, a carbine type “Battailon Scolaire” (School Battalion), in 6mm caliber in the nr. 62 edition of AMI in March 1985.


At first look on the rack of the used guns at our usual gunshop (armurier), we noticed a newcomer, of an elegance and finesse, of a quality of fabrication which immediately seduced us. It was like love at first sight which ended by a sale and putting it to bed.

For several years we had not been able to decide on buying an O/U gun because we found them too heavy in the action or the forearm, particularly in 12 bore; and it was without a doubt the originality of the closing method of the Petrik patent which engendered this impression of lightness of the action, yet intended for the most powerful of the three smoothbore barrels use for hunting. This also holds if we are to believe the specialists in the brand on the choice of the trunnion rocker system.

The idea of a gun with O/U barrels is ancient, but they only aroused great interest at the beginning of our century (20th century). And some great gumakers of the epoch such as Beesley, Francotte, Wodward, Petrik etc. contributed to the success, using the French principles of the action's trunnions. That was due to Pidault, gunmaker from Auxerre, who put it in focus (brought it to light) in 1885.

The first patents for the O/U gun that we present today were taken out by Boniface Petrik around 1920 of this era. The gunmaker created two companies to exploit this, but the patents were used then bought by the company Damon & Cie of St, Etienne. Some modificatons were made later to simplify the manufacturing process and to make the mechanism easier to use.

The inventor was fixated on three objectives for the new gun:
- Bring the attachment point as close as possible to the source of the force
- Limit to the maximum the vibrations of the barrel muzzles and the locking mechanisms.
- Reduce the number of internal mechanical parts with the aim of achieving better performancs and better durability.

Advocating for the O/U

The buggest argument used by Damon to vaunt the superiority of the O/U as opposed to the SxS was the better repetition of effort at the beginning of the shot. In effect on a gun with SxS barrels on the same horizontal plain and secured by a lump, the barrels had a tendency to kick up on the action under the effect of the charge of powder and to deform the lump, and this action produced alternatively in two directions following the firing of the shot. In the O/U barrels held by two lateral faces, the effort was applied between two points of suopport, and no deformation occurred.

The other arguments of the firm concerned the very good handling qualities and notably of the weak hand which more easily held the forend, thanks to its finesse, The general equilibrium was better, thanks to the recoil on the center of gravity towards the rear of the arm, due to the weight reduction of the barrels which did not require an intermediate rib. The firing visibility was helped and more natural because there was only one single sight line, as with a carbine (rifle): Finally, the ballistic performance was superior due to the method of fabricaton and the reduction of vibratons.

Technical Descrption

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We obviously sense a certain bials in these arguments but it has to be recognized that the idea of the O/U, helped by the fashion of the day, made headway and that the current development of the hunting gun now uses this path. This is about a gun with trunnions, locked by a rounded upper bolt which covers the barrel and slides backwards on the movement of the key. The trunnion action, which assures a solid seating of the barrels on the flanks of the trunnions, permits this type of locking mechanism to dispense with all others as shown in diagrams from company documents.

The functioning of the gun is also one of the most classic. The barrel, in rockig on its hinge, pushes on a stirrup (etrier) locking mechanism. which rocks up a ballbearing which forces the hammer to lift and turn on its axis and compress its coil spring; the cocking dog enters into its notch and the gun is cocked. The departure is carried out by depressing the end of the trigger which frees the cocking dog, which escapes fro its notch and the hammer falls on the acton of its spring and strikes on of the rods which pushes the firing pin as shown in another diagram from the makers documents.

The barrels of the Damon Petrik guns were generally made by the frim itself, in different qualities of steel, which evolved with time; but it also happens that one can find barrels signed “Jean Breuil,” celebrated barrel maker of great quality. In this case one can perhaps be sure that the barrels were bored and assembled by Jean Breuil and his collaborators; Afterwards, when this company disappeared, Damon bought the name, but did not use it systematically. All things said, the quality of the fabrication and the adjustment of the barrels from two provenances had an impact but certainly the signature of Jean Breuil was a sdded measure of quality. This, unfortunately, did not prevent the Damon company from disappearing several years ago.

The two extremes of the range of Damon-Petrik guns

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The catalog of the firm was rich with a dozen base models for which it was possible to add options to personalize one’s gun. The models that we show you today are situated at the two extremities of this range.

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The first of the two, which corresponds to “Fusil Nr 1” of the catalog, has barrels in fine steel signed “Jean Breuil,” blued with extractor and regulated chokes; the action, simple without engaveing is tempered case colored. Tthe other parts were blued. The forend and the half-pistol grip stock are in ordinary quadrilled checkered walnut; the general appearance is fine enough, but the model is stripped down, made with quality materials but not exceptional.

This model presents in fact all the proper characteristics of the Petrick patents, with in addition barrels made by a reknown barrelmaker; if one compares the production of the base models with that of current important companies, it wouldn’t look bad, and on the contrary, because we find today more often beech wood, checkered by machine and covered with a too brilliant varnish, and the materials are not always the type of steel of which a Damon is made! Three improvements were sufficient to bring the gun perfectly up to date: automatic ejectors, chrome plating the bores, and the possibility of using a single trigger.

The second model, denominated “The Super French” can actually be classed in the highest level and corresponds to “Fusil Nr.8” or “Nr.8 bis” of the catalogue: it has absolutely all the perfections of a modern gun, with in addition the quality of materials used, the precision of the adjustments made by hand, and the quality of the decoration of the metallic parts. The barrels “triple proofed,” are chrome plated bores and equipped with automatic ejectors, and have as an option on our example a ventilated rib. The action is equipped with a false reinforcement plate, and decorated with a steel side plate, all tempered/case colored mat-grey and engraved by hand. The English style stock is high-quality walnut very finely checkered by hand like the forend; the wood parts are finished in oil and results in the most beautiful effects.

It is the second example, which puts it in the class of a de lux model, which we have been hunting for for awhile, after having put it to bed (in our house); our first outing to fire this beautiful gun was carried out on a hunting ground (clay pigeon), a discipline with which we are also getting familiar. The first major handicap, coupled with that of using a new gun that we were not familiar with, gave us a mediocre result, 7/25; however, the conditions were not good and the best shooters of the day, habituated to their guns and to the course, only broke a maximum of 12 clays. Our following tries allowed for some good more-holorable results, and we appreciated the natural qualities of our Damon: the balance of the arm which mounted very well to the shoulder; lightness and great power of the ejectors which never failed.

Conclusion:

In the sales brocure of 1931-32 the “Fusil Nr.1” sold for 1,500 francs and the :”Fusil nr.8” climbed to 4,500 francs, three times as expensive: Quality costs a lot: but the difference between the two models is very real; for us who had held the two models in hand and minutely examined them side-by-side, the choice was not in doubt. . .

What a pleasure it was to use today a real gun! It’s previous owner, who had bought it new 30 years ago, hunted a lot with it, but it was in perfect condition, to the point the no play could be felt in the mechanism: Everything functioned as on the first day.

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Argo,

Matt Haney introduced us up in the first tent across from Toby Barclay, Heritage Guns at a Southern SxS a few years ago. I'll have the gun with me. The longer I have it the more intriguing it is.

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Originally Posted by Argo44
FAB, it appears we're missing page 103 and probably 105.
FAB il me semble que nous manque la page 103 de l'article et probablement 105.

Well I messed that grammar up:

"It seems that" (Il semble que) - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It doesn't seem that" - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It seems to me that" - second clause - no subjunctive
"It doesn't seem to me that: - second clause - subjunctive tense.

And the verb "to miss" "manquer" is reversed in French.
. . ."it is missing" = "il manque" but
. . ."I miss you" becomes "You are missed by me" (Tu me manque).

So the easiest way to say the above would be rather abruptly:
. . ."il manque les pages 103 et 105." (it is missing pages 103 and 105).

So the correct sentence would be (I think) (Manquer is the same in the subjective and the present).
. . . ."Il me semble qu'il manque la page 103 est peut être la page 105."

Now I need a drink - (Maintenant j'ai besoin d'un verre)

Argo la 103 et 105
C'est de la publicité
Je vais publier les textes.

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Superbe et étonnant superposé français

Damon-Pétrik cet inconnu

Damon-Pétrik... Ce nom est à la fois parmi les plus connus de l'armurerie françaises et le plus mal connu. Les superposés produits par ce fabricant, reconnaissables à leur verrou tuile venant coiffer les canons, sont familiers à beaucoup d'entre nous, mais nous ignorons tout de leur histoire. Il est temps de lever le voile.



L orsque j'ai decouvert dans les pages de ce magazine un couтіст de lecteur intitulé Un Pétrik sans Damon il y a déja un an idans Armes de Chasse nº 70), je me suis dit qu'il était de mon devoir d'apporter à ce lecteur les précisions qui étaient en ma possesston. Je sans un passionné de cotte marque depuis des années, ce qui m'a conduit à m'intéresser à son histoire et ce faisant en éclar ter des aspects mal connus et mettre.

au jour pas mal d'approximations, vore d'inexactitudes. Car avonons que la marque n'a pas toujours éte traitée à sa juste valeur dans les ouvrages consacrés à l'épopée des armes cynégétiques. Ainsi, Pierre Louis Duchartre, dans son Histoire des armes de chasse et de leurs emplois, publiée en 1955, ne parle que des verrous latéraux de type Francotte sans un mot pour le verrou taile des Pétrik. Plus près de nous, en 1990, Dominique Venner évoque au sujet de Damon Petrik une fabrication post-Secinale Guerre mondiale

Je vais donc tâcher de teconstituer

jusqu'au jour où il decida, vraisem blablement aux alentours de 1910 d'aller s'installer à Bayonne.

Un cadeau pour sa femme

Pétrik fait ce choix du grand Sud- Quest pour que son épouse puisse

pratiquer à loisir son sport favori le tir aux pigeons vivants. La ville balnéaire de Biarritz est alors courue

par les fins tireurs, dont fait partic Mine Pétrik, redoutable compétince dont on retrouve fréquemment le nom dans le palmarès des épreuves de tit

aux pigeons de cette période Son arquebusier de mari se dit qu'on fusil superposé pourrait faciliter la visée de sa femme et à sa suite celle

de tous les tireurs sportifs. C'était ily a plus de cent uns et aucun fusil super posé busculant et hammerless capable de concurrencer le juxtapose n'este alors en Europe - les quelques super

ici l'histoire, la vraie, de cette firme Boniface Petrik n'est pas d'origine suédorse mais tchèque. Il est né le 5 mai 11880 a Tenice, petis village de Moravie avant d'être naturalise français en 1926. Il n'est pas non phis ingénieur, mais bien arquebusier et possédait une armurerie là Paris,
jusqu'au jour où il decida, vraisem blablement aux alentours de 1910 d'aller s'installer à Bayonne.

Un cadeau pour sa femme

Pétrik fait ce choix du grand Sud- Quest pour que son épouse puisse

pratiquer à loisir son sport favori le tir aux pigeons vivants. La ville balnéaire de Biarritz est alors courue

par les fins tireurs, dont fait partic Mine Pétrik, redoutable compétince dont on retrouve fréquemment le nom dans le palmarès des épreuves de tit

aux pigeons de cette période Son arquebusier de mari se dit qu'on fusil superposé pourrait faciliter la visée de sa femme et à sa suite celle

de tous les tireurs sportifs. C'était ily a plus de cent uns et aucun fusil super posé busculant et hammerless capable de concurrencer le juxtapose n'este alors en Europe - les quelques super-posés à boc tourmant fabriqués depuis rahut du XV suècle n'étant pas en neur de faire le poids.

Brface suit son idée et se met au Tevail et se confronte bien vite aus pres difficultés comment ver maller le canen supérieur Avec quel cmouchers Ex comtment aborder peromsien, difficile à assurer autre nes que par des percuteurs obliques?

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madame Petrik...

Se le fusil final qui naitra de ces sement décrit par les spécialistes, on ignore tout des deux prototypes que Farmurier fabriqua pour son épouse On peut toutefois supposer que les premiers modèles Damon en sont très proches. Ils possédaient une ferme ture a tule conique-d'une précision incroyable et qui rapproche le point d'accrochage de la source d'effort deux étrices latéraux et des canons sans bande intermédiaire, ce qui supprime les vibrations latérales En 1913, Jean Breuil a 37 ans et s'installe fabricant de canons à Saim Etienne. Il possède déjà une belle expérience a 13 ans, il devenait apprenti, il forgeait des canons damas a 17 ans et passait avec succès les exu mens pour acquérir le titre d'ouvrier d'art, à sa majorité. 21 ans à cette époque Mue Pétrik, qui outre d'étre une fine gåchette est avertie sur la technique des armes, exige les canons de Jean Breuil, très fier, aux dires de

la presse de l'époque, de mettre ses

fabrications au service de la célèbre

dame Plus tard, Damon basculera des canons jean breuil mais pas

n'importe lesquels, ceux réalisés avec les aciers fins et spéciaux Jacob Holt- zer. Un peu plus tard encore, dans les années 50, les Etablissements Dumon rachèteront la canonnerie Jean Brend toe dernier aura done trouvaillé envuon 65 ans), mais fabriqueront aussi leurs propres canons Vulcain, d'excellente qualité, avec des aciers fins.

Devant les Purdey, Beesley, Boss...

Bien que rien ne nous renseigne à ce sujet, on peut penser que le succès du fusil de Boniface Pétrik fut immé diat au vu de ses qualités inédites: facilité de visée et de mise en joue, équilibre remarquable, pénétration et vitesse des plombs optimales du fait de l'étancheite presque parfaite entre la frette et la bascule coiffée par la tuile conique. La très forte pression

des gaz et leur absence de déperdi tion obtenue grâce à ce verrouillage assuraient le tireur de disposer d' une gerbe rapide et meurtrière, ce qui a toute son importance lorsqu'il s'agn de tuer des pigeons vivants et non de casser des plateaux d'argile.

Les premiers exemplaires Pénik

obtiennent la médaille d'or à l'Expo sition de Londres en 1912. Ainsi, cette annee-là, une arme française est dés gnée premier et medleur superposé an monde, devançant les célèbres Padey Woodward, Boss, Beesley, Francotte La surprise est de taille. A la même époque, plusieurs armuriers anglais font breveter des modèles de super posés, mais la plupart sont lourds, mal équilibrés et frondement accueillis par

le public. Le superposé Boss (1909) et celui de Woodward (1913) sont de notables exceptions, en comparason

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desquelles le modèle de Purdey. avec ses multiples vernous, fait påle figure. Quelque trente ans plus tard, en 1948, Tom Purdey rachetera Wood ward en partie pour récupérer son superposé. Après les modifications apportées par E. D. Lawrence sur les percuteurs, les platines, la süreté et la clef d'ouverture, le premier superposé Pandey sera livré en 1950 Soit 38 ans et deux guerres après la medaille d'or da superposé de Pétrik a Londres Hélas, deux ans seulement après cette médaille d'or, l'Europe entre en guerre et les armes de chasse deviennent cottime tout le reste hors sujet. Au lendemain du conflit, deux amis chussears, dont on a perdu la trace, qui avaient entendu parler des fusils Petrik négocient le rachat du brevet.
Il leur reste à trouver un fabricant, on leur conseille les établissements Damon à Saint-Etienne, spécialiste de la mécanique de précision.

Le Superposé Français

Andre Damon (1884-1950), succes seur de la Manufacture mécanique d'armes Damon et Rochette, qui fabri quait des carabines à système Flobert, à système Warnant et à vernou genre Gras, accepte de réaliser quelques prototypes et négocie la fabrication pour son compte en série. Le premier fusil de série apparait sur les registres en novembre 1926, avec la mention numéro 1 et le marquage Danon Petrik Auparavant le fusil Pétnk avait fait l'objet de dépôts de brevets dans les principaux pays européens et aux Etats-Unis (T'identité de la per- sonne qui en a fait la detrande ne nous est pas parvenue): France, 1919-1920- 1921-1922 (quatre brevets différents); Angleterre, 1920-1922; Belgique, 1920-1922, Italie, 1920, Etats-Unis 1922-1924, Autriche, 1920: Alle magne, 1920-1922; Tchécoslovaquie, 1920-1922, Espagne, 1924. Sur une vue du catalogue anglais Lepersonne de 1927, on peut lire le numéro du brevet français 512493 (du 27 mars 1920) gravé sur le canon.

Le Superposé Français, marque déposée, fabrication Damon, système Petrik breveté SGDG c'est soo cet intitulé que l'on trouve la trace du superposé Pétrik dans les publicités et catalogue Dumon. Une telle for mulation était propice à générer pas mal d'approximations. Tentons d'y

voir plus clair.
La marque pétrik appartenait aux deux chasseur anonymes cités plus haut à leur disparition, dans les années 1930

Andre Damon fait déposer la marque Le Superposé Français, La fabri cation du fusil de chasse représente alors une part essentielle de l'activité 10000 fusáls sont produits entre 1926 et 1932, auxquels s'ajoute la réali sation de pièces de haute précision, roulements spéciaux, broches à grande vitesse pour l'industrie textile. Plus tard, Damon négocie avec les heritiers des deux chasseurs le rachat de la marque Pétrik et la marque - Damon

Pétrik refait alors son apparition. Ce double nom ne peut être mieut porté le succès du fusil réside dans la conjugaison du génie de Boniface

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Pétrik et de la précision de fabrication des Etablissements Damon.
Damon modernise le fusil et abandonne progressivement le système sur étriers à partir de 1942 (le dernier fusil de ce type sera fabriqué en 1947) pour celui sur tourillons. Le verrou à tuile (brevet Pétrik) qui coiffe le canon et coulisse vers l'arrière sous le mouvement de la clef est en effet si résistant qu'associé au basculage sur tourillons, qui assurent une assise solide des canons dans les flancs de la bascule, il se passe de tout autre système, crochets ou verrou supplémentaire. Le système à tourillons a été inventé par Pidault, arquebusier à Auxerre en 1885 et se retrouve sur le Boss superposé. Les premiers tourillons ont un large crochet interne, puis deux crochets traversent la bascule par deux lumières et sont visibles à l'extérieur.

L'arrêt des machines et d'une histoire.
Après la mort de M. Damon en 1950, la société sera gérée jusqu'à sa fermeture, en 1984, par ses deux fils et sa fille. J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer cette dernière, Mme Cizeron, dans les années 1990. Je me souviens de mon émotion lorsque je suis arrivé au 7 rue des Francs-Maçons, à Saint-Etienne, quelques années après la prononciation de la liquidation amiable. Mme Cizeron m'attendait à l'entrée de l'usine, dont nous avons fait ensemble la visite. En passant la porte, je remarquais la pendule de pointage arrêtée, certainement, à la dernière heure du jour de fabrication. Le silence absolu qui régnait procurait une sensation bien étrange dans ces ateliers remplis de machines, toutes à l'arrêt. Au pied des fraiseuses, des caisses remplies de pièces de rebus (bascules, frettes, pontets) me permirent d'appréhender les différentes opérations mécaniques de la fabrication du fusil.
Mon hôtesse m'autorisa à consulter les registres de production année par année. C'est peu de dire que dater les fusils Damon est difficile. La numérotation change avec les calibres, les étriers et les tourillons, les extracteurs et les éjecteurs. Les notes rapides que j'ai pu prendre m'ont toutefois permis de dater la plupart des fusils de la marque à partir du n°1, en novembre 1926, jusqu'au dernier, sans doute vers 1983. Les numéros 1,2,3 et 4 n'ont pas d'éjecteur, le 6 en possède, le 7 est avec un faux corps de renforcement, le 8 avec faux corps de platines encastrés et indépendants, verrou obturateur et canons avec double crochet de recul. On dénombre aussi quelques Duchâteau à platines et contre-platines. Il existe aussi quelques fermetures de type Francotte. Je connais même un express en calibre 9,3 x 74R fabriqué avec une bascule et une frette Damon. Avec les divers suppléments proposés lors de la commande, la diversité des modèles était grande. Comme le plupart des manufactures, les Etablissements Damon mentionnaient sur leur catalogue des modèles "bis" (il y eut des numéros 1 bis, 2 bis et 3 bis), assemblés par les meilleurs ouvriers et bénéficiant de pièces de choix, sélectionnées parmi les mieux usinées. Ces fusils n'étaient pas identifiés par un marquage particulier, mais sont reconnaissables par un œil averti.
Mon modèle préféré est le numéro 2, avec la bande entre les deux canons et un basculage sur tourillons ; les calibres 12 que je possède pèsent 2,6 kg. Je détiens aussi un numéro 1 en calibre 16 (2,3 kg), qui est un régal pour chasser la bécasse. Mes fils ont des numéros 2 de calibre 20 fabriqués avec des bascules de calibre 16 ; ils pèsent 2,6 kg et leur frette est plus épaisse.
Comme j'aime ces fusils légers, que ce soit pour chasser le lièvre aux chiens courants sur les causses du Lot et de la Lozère, du mont Aigoual ou la bécasse au chien d'arrêt sur le plateau des Millevaches... Me revient en mémoire une lettre écrite à Molsheim en 1931 et adressée à André Damon : "J'ai des fusils d'autres constructions de même modèle, et je suis très heureux de pouvoir dire que je considère votre construction comme tout à fait supérieure. L'arme est excessivement légère et le fini des détails est tout à fait exceptionnel." Ces mots sont ceux d'un certain Ettore Bugatti, le célèbre fondateur de l'enseigne automobile de luxe et de compétition. Tout est dit, fermez le ban !

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Merci Fab. C’était « au-delà de l’appel du devoir ».:) Gene


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Dustin, FAB's article can be completed using goggle translate now. Hope this helped. I certainly learned something along the way which was what the whole exercise was about. Gene

An original Petrik (not Damon Petrik) for sale on Naturabuy:
https://www.naturabuy.fr/PETRIK-HR8-item-10465438.html

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I’ve mentioned this to Dustin already, when I was in St. Etienne, every gunmaker I met had nothing but praise for the Petrik O/U. Every, single one of them. At that moment in my life I was trying to gather every scrap of information I could about Darne guns and history, and the Petrik wasn’t something I was terribly interested in. Toward the end of the road for Establishment Darne, under Bruchet ownership, they were producing the Petrik O/U, alongside their own O/Us, which, were about like French Winchester 101s with double triggers, from what I could see.
At the end of the road, the catalog had a single, very stout looking O/U that I did not recognize. I doubt it was built in house.

Then, they were gone.

The Petrik guns I handled in Europe were hunting implements, typically older guns with short tubes. They handled better than the Remington model 32s I had seen, that all seemed to be robust, target guns. The Tikka is the same idea, but, seem crude by comparison. At least the ones I’ve seen.
About two weeks before Dustin pulled the trigger, so to speak, on adding a Petrik O/U to his safe, I bought an O/U as well.
Weird.
I’m sure Dustin will make his work very well, me, I’m just trying things to see what works.

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Years ago Mark Larson sold a Petrik 16ga. o/u. It was listed on this site. It was a tempting gun at sub 6 lbs. Gil

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Originally Posted by fab500
Originally Posted by Argo44
FAB, it appears we're missing page 103 and probably 105.
FAB il me semble que nous manque la page 103 de l'article et probablement 105.

Well I messed that grammar up:

"It seems that" (Il semble que) - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It doesn't seem that" - second clause takes the subjunctive
"It seems to me that" - second clause - no subjunctive
"It doesn't seem to me that: - second clause - subjunctive tense.

And the verb "to miss" "manquer" is reversed in French.
. . ."it is missing" = "il manque" but
. . ."I miss you" becomes "You are missed by me" (Tu me manque).

So the easiest way to say the above would be rather abruptly:
. . ."il manque les pages 103 et 105." (it is missing pages 103 and 105).

So the correct sentence would be (I think) (Manquer is the same in the subjective and the present).
. . . ."Il me semble qu'il manque la page 103 est peut être la page 105."

Now I need a drink - (Maintenant j'ai besoin d'un verre)

Argo la 103 et 105
C'est de la publicité
Je vais publier les textes.

Argo: Nice French lesson . . . but a minor point (at least to speakers of English): the subjunctive is a mode rather than a tense, although it can appear in tenses other than the present. (May God save us from the pluperfect subjunctive!) "Manquer" is also tricky, as you point out. Sometimes it works better to think of it as "to lack" rather than to miss, because the subject and the direct object (for an English speaker) are reversed. Tu me manque is an excellent example.

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On the bottom barrel of my 20 bore Petrik, there is a stamp, anyone seen this before??

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"Super P???ton" - top arc
Suspect this is a barrel model: Possibly with a barrel made by Jean Breuil.
https://www.poussecornet.com/en/lot/107777/13080813-handmade-saintetienne-rifle-mo
Handmade SAINT-ETIENNE rifle model SUPER JAY. Caliber 16/75. Superimposed barrels of 72,5 cm by Jean BREUIL. . .

"Pierre" - across the middle:
Likely this is a short form of the French word "le pierrage" which refers to the finish of the inside of the barrels using abrasive stones (pierres abrasives). (comment: the first name Pierre (Peter) in French does not use an accent grave over the first "e" because of the double "r." There is a noun "pièrre" meaning "stone/rock" - same origin as the name - which some sites use accent grave in spite of the double "r," which appears to be an error. However, the "pierrè" on this gun appears to have an accent grave over the last "è" which would be pronounced "Pi-er-rrer" which doesn't make much sense).

"P.Terrier" - on the lower arc:
Paul Terrier, barrel finisher associated with Jean Breuil and Damon. It looks like per below that Terrier may have worked out of the Damon shop on rue de Francs-Maçon.
https://www.naturabuy.fr/FUSIL-A-PL...ETIENNE-CALIBRE-12-70-item-10002412.html

Here is a post that might help:
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forum...rd=1&Number=626516&what=showflat

The name Pierre Dechelle has appeared here before:
https://doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=497422&page=5

Here is what I wrote at that time:

Pierre Dechelle. There are several guns with barrels with his name from the late 40's-60's on www.naturabuy.fr. Can't find a lot of history. There is some backing and forthing on Passionlachasse.com with mention of his name. Here is a little clip from an article I can't get total access to:

Rough translation: in the 40's the Barrel maker Jean Breuil (see connection to Damon) took on the services of a well known barrel maker Francois Pierre Deschelles, who had begun with the Manufacture National d'Armes. In 1946 Deschelles took over the barrel maker at rue des Francs-Maçon in Saint Etienne. (Comment: only gun maker in 1951 on rue des Francs-Maçon that I can find was Damon: Damon, 7 rue des Francs-Maçon) ; With his partner Paul Terrier he developed the honing of barrels in 1951 and adopted the stamp Pierre Dechelle and not Deschelle, which creates confusion.

Paul Terrier apparently in the 1970's opened a gun repair shop in Saint Etienne (same shop referred to on passionlachass.fr..).
www.canonnerie-stephanoise.fr/


Here is a Fanget barrel with "Pierrage Dechelle".
https://www.chassepassion.net/forums-chasse/topic/information-sur-un-fusil-de-famille/
According to Passion La chaise poster, "Le pierrage" was the internal finishing of the barrel. The fact that the name of the finisher was placed on the gun was an indication of the quality of the work. (edit: word turned out to already be in our Fr-Eng, Eng-Fr dictionary).
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Gene, to my eyes, looking at the stamp under magnification, it appears that the word jumble on the top of the stamp is “Super Finnton”
I dunno if that is exactly what it says, but that’s what it looks like to my eyes. It’s very hard to read.

Thanks for the other info you posted. Great stuff.

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I really think that "pierrè" (accent grave) is a mistake for "pierré" (accent aigu) which means finished:

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The obscured word on the top arc probably is "super finition" = super finishing

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Awesome. Thanks, Gene.

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I definitely agree with Ted's comments above. While the Remington 32s and their Kreighoff successors were/are basically made with target shooters in mind, the Petriks I've handled are lighter guns obviously made for hunting. I bought a nice sideplated 16ga from New England Arms back when Jim Austin was still in business and Jack Dudley was working for him. My last few attempts trying to shoot OUs that seem to fit me having been failures, it appears that my brain is now firmly locked into sxs mode only.

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If anyone is curious as to what the insides of a Petrik look like…here you go. I just finished a complete tear down for a long over due strip & clean on this 20 bore magnum Damon-Petrik.
I’ve found that the action and mechanics are simple, well thought out, and very robust. One thing that stood out was the precision of all the parts. On my Mitutoyo micrometer, all of the pins measured exactly the same with literally zero deviation. You don’t find that type of precision very often, even on some of the most expensive guns out there. All of the parts including the triggers are fitted very nicely. The striker block is so precisely fitted it’s unreal. Very nice work. The striker block is a novel idea too! There are some tooling marks on some of the parts, but still not bad…the parts that needed to be finely polished (bearing surfaces, etc) are.
A neat little feature on the trigger plate is an inspection hole that is machined so that a gunsmith can look at the sear-tumbler engagement to assess whether it’s dirty, damaged, or requiring lube, etc. without fully disassembling the trigger plate. Neat stuff.

The guts:
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Nicely machined action….
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Inspection port for sear/tumbler engagement
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Nicely put together:
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Thank you to Gene for helping with this thread and for recently helping to gather some very helpful information on taking this gun down to the bits. He was kind enough to put a post up on a board in France that got the required info on taking these guns down. Much appreciated.

Dustin


PS- if anyone owns a Petrik and would like information and methodology on taking it down, send me a pm. More than happy to share.

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Thanks for your excellent investigative gunsmithing Dustin. To give credit where it is due, on the disassembly questions the person who responded to a post on passionlachasse.fr was FAB500.
https://www.passionlachasse.com/t40494-damon-petrik-superposes-demonter-larme

This is a historic line and surely will be consulted by others, who might acquire this French relatively unknown over here but classic and beautiful superposed shotgun in our country.

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Originally Posted by LeFusil
Thank you, Fab500.


How many of you own a Damon-Petrik?


I owned 2 of them. The first one was very basic. The second one was much nicer. Light weight 16ga. I got that one from New England Arms back when they were still in business and Jack Dudley was working (fairly briefly) for Jim Austin. What intrigued me was that all the Petriks I've handled (not a whole bunch!) have been relatively light. Rem 32 may have "borrowed" the design, but they turned it into a heavier target gun.

I found a note in an old file on French guns with just a little information on Petrik and his guns. I'd assumed that Damon was his first name. Per the note, it was Boniface, and Damon appears to have bought the patent from Petrik.

The note also indicates that Petrik worked for Mode-Pirlet at one time.

The information about the pigeon shooting wife is fascinating.

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