A mate of mine found a hi grade slide opening Darne in a hut in Vietnam during the war , he brought it home and is still shooting it . The gun is almost identical to the one you have there
OMG they are Awesome and Beautiful and would Love to have one of each , you know I am a side by side Guy for over 50 yrs and have never seen one here in the States. You do know if I hit the Lottery I will be over there hounding you for like a month right. Great video and Thank you once again.
The French were always great innovators in gun design. Many (most) of the finest examples were destroyed by the occupying Germans after the conquest of France. Some of the designs used today that we associate with British gunmakers were, in reality, French. They are still makers of very fine guns. Granger comes to mind and one occasionally sees great Le Page guns. I wouldn't mind having a nice Vouzelaud.
I love these guns they look really interesting and pretty (as all classic double rifles and shotguns do). I would have some questions: 1. Are they safe to shoot steel shots? 2. Are they safe to shoot with black powder cartridges? I know that there are all brass shot shells to buy and reload. It is legal to reload here in Hungary for a while so I could do that. Shooting black powder is a fun but shooting with muzzle loaders is a bit more inconvenient. 3. How about servicing them? Are the spare parts still available for these guns, especially if I could get an older model? We mostly have Russian shotguns (Baikal IZH and Tula TOZ) here in Hungary, and some local FÉG Monte Carlo as well. In the last 30 years we could have almost any kind of "Western country" hunting rifles and shotguns but I have never heard of these Darnes and Charlins before. Not much of these if there is any in Hungary. I really love your channel, I just checked and I surprised that you are actually at Southampton? I was there for many times when I was cruising with Cunard (about ten years ago). I spend most of my time at the Solent Sky aviation museum as I'm also a big aircraft enthusiast (beside firearms) when I could get to shore. :)
A hunted with darne for a year. I would rather hunt with a baikal single shot. There is not one good practical thing about the Darne that the most basic miroku couldn't do. Take down is hard, ejection is hard, drops empty rounds, action is hard to close If you want a better sliding breech look at the charlin. It has a ball bearing on the action and the breech closes with much less effort.
@@Mr34dOFduty 500 pounds is at the cheap end depends if its a V11 or V16 or higher it xan be much higher. And for 500 quid I'd take a busted beretta side by side any day.
@@mchughcb In france you can have a good one for 500-600€ (first prices are 250€), but it's not the kind of gun you buy to be efficient and kill a lot ... it's more for the style
The more i watch this video i remember the day I sold mine and bought a silver pigeon was one of the happiest days of my life. I am still hunting with my silver pigeon and complete service by beretta Australia for life.
Dad was in the Army of Occupation of Japan after WWII. All firearms had to be surrendered to the allies, American forces were able to check out surrendered shotguns for hunting purposes, dad took the opportunity to try out a number of high dollar and fancy guns. He really liked the Darne shotgun, said he wished he could have brought it home.
A mate of mine found a hi grade slide opening Darne in a hut in Vietnam during the war , he brought it home and is still shooting it . The gun is almost identical to the one you have there
That is one hell of a story, better than popping down the local gun shop!
OMG they are Awesome and Beautiful and would Love to have one of each , you know I am a side by side Guy for over 50 yrs and have never seen one here in the States. You do know if I hit the Lottery I will be over there hounding you for like a month right. Great video and Thank you once again.
The French were always great innovators in gun design. Many (most) of the finest examples were destroyed by the occupying Germans after the conquest of France. Some of the designs used today that we associate with British gunmakers were, in reality, French. They are still makers of very fine guns. Granger comes to mind and one occasionally sees great Le Page guns. I wouldn't mind having a nice Vouzelaud.
Loading without having to break open the action is an advantage in a duck blind or goose pit.
I love these guns they look really interesting and pretty (as all classic double rifles and shotguns do). I would have some questions:
1. Are they safe to shoot steel shots?
2. Are they safe to shoot with black powder cartridges? I know that there are all brass shot shells to buy and reload. It is legal to reload here in Hungary for a while so I could do that. Shooting black powder is a fun but shooting with muzzle loaders is a bit more inconvenient.
3. How about servicing them? Are the spare parts still available for these guns, especially if I could get an older model?
We mostly have Russian shotguns (Baikal IZH and Tula TOZ) here in Hungary, and some local FÉG Monte Carlo as well. In the last 30 years we could have almost any kind of "Western country" hunting rifles and shotguns but I have never heard of these Darnes and Charlins before. Not much of these if there is any in Hungary.
I really love your channel, I just checked and I surprised that you are actually at Southampton? I was there for many times when I was cruising with Cunard (about ten years ago). I spend most of my time at the Solent Sky aviation museum as I'm also a big aircraft enthusiast (beside firearms) when I could get to shore. :)
They are beautiful, but a bit strange to what I'm accustomed to. I've seen a number of them at auction and I can say they are extremely well made.
Something to watch while self isolating !
"Hi! I'm Jonny from Forgotten Weapons!" Has a good ring to it.
Very interesting Jonny 😍 Surprised there unique design doesn't demand a higher 'rarity/novelty' price?
Nice, just a pity that if you bought one, you might not be able to get it repaired
That gun is unique mate
A hunted with darne for a year. I would rather hunt with a baikal single shot.
There is not one good practical thing about the Darne that the most basic miroku couldn't do.
Take down is hard, ejection is hard, drops empty rounds, action is hard to close
If you want a better sliding breech look at the charlin. It has a ball bearing on the action and the breech closes with much less effort.
what did you expect from a 500€ 1950 gun ? of course modern guns are way better ...
@@Mr34dOFduty 500 pounds is at the cheap end depends if its a V11 or V16 or higher it xan be much higher. And for 500 quid I'd take a busted beretta side by side any day.
@@mchughcb In france you can have a good one for 500-600€ (first prices are 250€), but it's not the kind of gun you buy to be efficient and kill a lot ... it's more for the style
@@Mr34dOFduty how much for a charlin?
@@mchughcb 500€ first price and 800€ in good shape
Hi could please help know what kind of Darne I have ?
Have you looked att Hoenig handbuilt shotguns, combination guns and doubles?
Or the cosmi?
I would appreciate if you could educate me. These Darnes are beautiful.
@@karldegroot3131 there are a few yt vids. Im not a millionaire ao NP hands on exp obv
The more i watch this video i remember the day I sold mine and bought a silver pigeon was one of the happiest days of my life. I am still hunting with my silver pigeon and complete service by beretta Australia for life.
Silver pigeons were invented so dropkicks don’t have Darnes.
@@freddyd4113 right up there with french cars.
Expensive in Australia.
Isn't *everything* expensive in Australia?
Typical French different approach. How do the guns shoot?
Like crap. Get a miroku.
Dad was in the Army of Occupation of Japan after WWII. All firearms had to be surrendered to the allies, American forces were able to check out surrendered shotguns for hunting purposes, dad took the opportunity to try out a number of high dollar and fancy guns. He really liked the Darne shotgun, said he wished he could have brought it home.