Belgium Brings Back A Gun Making Legend

Hunter-Habib said:

After Lebeau Courally stopped building firearms in 2020, I personally thought that Belgium's long history & prestigious heritage of gun making had finally come to a tragic end. To the best of my knowledge, no other (major) Belgium based firm was manufacturing sporting firearms anymore (with the exception of Browning's B25 over & under shotgun).

Well, today I was absolutely elated to learn that a heritage gun making firm in Belgium is finally back in business. That's right, gents.

After 20 years of being out of business, Dumoulin Arms is back. Currently, they're only building sidelock ejector double rifles. And in only three calibers:
.500 Nitro Express
.600 Nitro Express
.700 Nitro Express

All with 23" barrels and hand detachable locks. But even this relatively small selection is enough to make me thank my lucky stars. I'm definitely drooling thinking about a Dumoulin Arms .600 Nitro Express sidelock ejector double rifle now.

Here is a .700 Nitro Express which they recently had for sale at the DSC Convention 2026.
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Their website may be viewed below:

Current Creations / Dumoulin Arms

Now, somebody please bring back Auguste Francotte !

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Hunter-Habib said:

After Lebeau Courally stopped building firearms in 2020, I personally thought that Belgium's long history & prestigious heritage of gun making had finally come to a tragic end. To the best of my knowledge, no other (major) Belgium based firm was manufacturing sporting firearms anymore (with the exception of Browning's B25 over & under shotgun).

Well, today I was absolutely elated to learn that a heritage gun making firm in Belgium is finally back in business. That's right, gents.

After 20 years of being out of business, Dumoulin Arms is back. Currently, they're only building sidelock ejector double rifles. And in only three calibers:
.500 Nitro Express
.600 Nitro Express
.700 Nitro Express

All with 23" barrels and hand detachable locks. But even this relatively small selection is enough to make me thank my lucky stars. I'm definitely drooling thinking about a Dumoulin Arms .600 Nitro Express sidelock ejector double rifle now.

Here is a .700 Nitro Express which they recently had for sale at the DSC Convention 2026.
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Their website may be viewed below:

Current Creations / Dumoulin Arms

Now, somebody please bring back Auguste Francotte !

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spike.t said:

Mmmm.....you and your addiction to the 600 NE....

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Hunter-Habib said:

Every man has his vices !
Mine is a .600 Nitro Express and a .505 Gibbs.

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grand veneur said:

Still strange, because the phone numbers are in France. The headquarters of the Armurerie Elysées are in Paris. Dumoulin has never before manufactured a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express, let alone one caliber 700 Nitro Express. This has nothing to do with the classic style of this former company. I don't know who the owner is, but it reminds me somewhat of the story of Rigby.

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quandary said:

They had a booth at the DSC.

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