I would like to agree with the fine gunmaker Monsieur Dorleac: French gunmakers are often underrated. The same applies to Belgian guns like the 303 savage double rifle discussed rencently on this forum. French gunmakers have always been very innovating and Belgian gunmakers made superior versions of British designs.British guns on the other hand are often overrated. It is a sad fact that the 'germanic' people in the northern parts of Europe, such as Mr Nordmann,(and that goes for the British in particular) have a misplaced sense of superiority.
Being a man of the north myself, I believe I can speak freely about these matters.
Greetings,
Livinus