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I just wanted to let you know how totally pleased I am with my new bespoke V-C .500 nitro. You did a great job! It handles like a charm and shoots very well. The workmanship is superb. Thank you very much for your personal attention to this fine arm.

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(...) Mais cette Azur, là dans mes mains, sa superbe finition sobre et élégante sans rien qui pèse ou pose, son équilibre, la beauté du bois, sa mise en joue et ses triples crochets... bon sang ! il ne me fallut pas trente secondes, je vous l'assure, pour dire à Raoul : "Vous m'en faites faire une semblable, mais en 8 X 57 IRS !" (...)

(...) Merci pour votre savoir-faire, pour votre goût de la perfection et votre génie (c'est le mot) armurier : je crois que cette express, (...), est la seule qui ne finira pas par prendre du jeu (...)

(...) car j'ai rarement vu, si jamais je l'ai vu, un tel rapport qualité-prix que celui qu'offre votre modèle Azur si bien nommé. (...)

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It was my goal to do this safari in the classical Vintagers style, with a Side By Side gun, iron sights only. My weapon of choice was the L'Atelier Verney-Carron double rifle in 450-400 3". Using this same gun I had placed Third in the Vintagers Stalking Course competition and then using a different load for the Stopping Course; I had placed First. While I also brought along a second rifle, a L'Atelier Verney-Carron in 470 NE which shoots equally well, it stayed in the case the entire trip. I hunted exclusively with the 450-400 3".

Azur Safari 450-400 3" double rifle from L'Atelier Verney-Carron :

- 3rd place in the Stalking Competition !
- 1st place in the Stopping Competition and new course record !

Lou said in 28 years of hunting, it was one of the and most exciting and dangerous elephant hunts he had experienced. If I was not carrying my 470 double from L’Atelier Verney-Carron we would not have been there.