Unfortunately, alot of the people at Cabelas Gun Rooms are not all that informed on older and collectible guns. They just need people to man the store. I was recently discussing a French 16 sxs at the Gun Room in Wheeling and mentioned it was short chambered at 2 1/2" and showed him the barrel flats marked 65mm. He said I was wrong and that 65 is the bore diam. of a 16 ga. They were asking $1200 for the gun and I showed him that the gun rarely goes for over 500 on several internet sites. It appears to be a French guild gun, and no manufacturers name can be found. Needless to say, it is still there.
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