This is a French-made Darne shotgun that I own. It was made in about 1895 to the best of my knowledge. I inherited it from my grandfather.
This is a 12-gauge double that I will never fire. Information that I have found shows proof loads with X number of grains of black powder behind certain loads of shot.
What I want y'all to do is figure out how the action operates. When everybody's done guessing, I will post more photos that show how it's really done.
This is a 12-gauge double that I will never fire. Information that I have found shows proof loads with X number of grains of black powder behind certain loads of shot.
What I want y'all to do is figure out how the action operates. When everybody's done guessing, I will post more photos that show how it's really done.
![Darne%201892%20-%20whole%20right%20side.jpg](http://www.skipd.artin.org/Darne%201892%20-%20whole%20right%20side.jpg)
![Darne%201892%20-%20Closed%20action%20right%20side.jpg](http://www.skipd.artin.org/Darne%201892%20-%20Closed%20action%20right%20side.jpg)