It is very unlikely your gun was made in 1941. Germany was occupying Belgium. Sporting firearms were not being produced in any numbers, as the Germans had the Belgians making parts for their military needs.
Pete, my thoughts were in line with yours, for a very long time. Belgium, occupied from spring 1940 on . . . surely they couldn't have been producing many sporting arms? But at least going by the date codes, I've looked at quite a few (including several Francottes) from that "occupation" period. I wonder if maybe the Germans focused mainly on FN for their requirements, and allowed at least some production of sporting arms to continue by other makers.
