I pick it up at the airport last week. I am very happy with this type 2. It is all complete with matching serial number. The engraving is very sharp, the checkering of the forearm needs to be recuts. The buttplate is gone but it is not a bid deal as I have a few in stock. The only drawback, it is a 16 gauge, I will have to live with that.
Biz: Thats a beauty. I would not consider a 16 to be a drawback, but I understand probably not a lot of options for 16 in your neck of the woods.
France, with Air France Cargo. I have to say I was very impressed with their services. But they were a price attached to it.
Who knows, you know the saying, "only fools don’t change their mind" if you have a pic a the side receiver of your type 3 I can post it with the catalogue pic as I did.
"The only drawback, it is a 16 gauge, I will have to live with that." Bummer!! Congratulations! What is the meaning of le nom 'Bernard' on the top of le bascule near le guidon?
Thank you Anatidae. I was hoping someone would pick up that markings detail. It is fascinating. I am assuming that is the name of the first owner of the gun and it tells everything, L. Renard on one side and 1912 on the other side. I wonder who was Monsieur Renard. We are two year before the first war, did he fight in the Trenches, did he comeback? By the way, renard is the French name for fox. May be, he was the engraver.
