A MASSIVE FRENCH PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN (CANARDIERE) with octagonal sighted barrel of large bore and exceptional length struck three times at the breech with the maker's name, plain tang incorporating the back-sight, back-action lock (action defective), wooden full stock (some worming and minor damage) retaining some of its original painted finish, iron mounts including butt-plate and trigger-guard, iron barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original iron ramrod (iron parts rust patinated overall), signed Veyron Cadet, circa 1850