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 50's the Barrel maker Breuil took on the services of a well known barrel maker Francois Deschelles, who had begun with the Manufacture National d'Armes. In 1946 Deschelles took over the barrel maker at Rue des Francs-Macons in Saint Etienne. With his partner Paul Terrier he developed the honing of barrels in 1951 and adopted the stamp Pierré Deschelle and not Pierre Deschelle, which creates confusion.(Note: The only gun maker operating on rue des Francs-Macons was "Damon"..see list above).
Paul Terrier apparently in the 1970's opened a gun repair shop in Saint Etienne (same shop referred to above on passionlachass.fr..).
www.canonnerie-stephanoise.fr/Notre atelier de réparation de canons d'armes à feu, basé à Saint-Etienne, a été créé dans les années 70 par Monsieur Paul TERRIER et fut ensuite repris dans les ... Etant l'un des trois derniers réparateurs de canons de fusils ou de carabines en France et ayant conservé le savoir faire d'en temps, notre atelier est en
Examples of ads from www.naturabuy.fr:
--Canon FANGET Ame 15.0 Eprouvé Triple épreuve St Etienne Pierre Déchelle Garanti.
--Fusil stéphanois à canon PIERRE DECHELLE ...
--Canon : 3 palmes signé Pierre Dechelle
--CANONNIER JEAN BREUIL ACIER 6 PALMES SIGNEE SUR LES CANONS jean breuil GARANTIE PIERRE DECHELLE
