Some Victor Sarasqueta's on Natureabuy.Fr.
http://www.naturabuy.fr/Fusils-Juxtaposes-Sarasqueta-critere-33397.htmlThe following from this French site:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/BEST-GUNS-MA...375348629163010VICTOR SARASQUETA La firme de Victor Sarasqueta a t fonde en 1883, le fondateur considr comme le pre de larmurerie fine espagnole tait ,non seulement un armurier comptent, mais galement un novateur et un industriel talentueux, a devise, le principe selon lequel Victor Sarasqueta a vcu tait : Quoi que vous fassiez faites le bien. Ce qui est fait bien est plus difficile, mais tout le monde le veut. Faire du mauvais cest plus facile, mais personne n'en veut. La socit a rapidement grandi pour devenir la compagnie de fabrication d'armes dominante Eibar. A son apoge, l'entreprise employait 125 personnes, en 1902 Sarasqueta a t nomm fournisseur de la maison royale d'Espagne. Tout au long de son histoire, l'entreprise a principalement fabriqu une varit de fusils de chasse de bonne qualit, dans le style britannique, platine ou A&D Les annes 1970 et 80 ont vu un important ralentissement de l'activit pour les fabricants d'armes espagnoles. Pendant ce temps, Victor Sarasqueta, SA a t rorganis et la raison social devient Victor Sarasqueta Rifles y Escopetas Especiales, SA .Un certain nombre de modles ont t abandonnes et la gamme de production a t rduite deux modles A&D et trois modles platines .Dans le milieu des annes 1980, l'entreprise fait partie du groupe Diarm qui a tent de regrouper plusieurs entreprises de fabrication d'armes espagnol en une seule socit. Le cabinet Diarm a ferm ces portes a la fin des annes 1980 mettant fin un chapitre de fabrication d'armes espagnoles.
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- Victor Sarasqueta Victor Sarasqueta was a firm of gun makers based in Eibar, Spain. It mostly produced side-by-side shotguns based on British designs. The business was founded in 1883 and in 1902 received a Royal Warrant as a purveyor of guns to the King of Spain. After being reorganised as Victor Sarasqueta Rifles y Escopetas Especiales, S.A., the business became part of the DiArm Group in the mid 1980s, a company which did not survive that decade.
My own half-baked translation which at least is better than the above:
The firm of Victor Sarasqueta was founded in 1883, the founder considered as the father of fine Spanish gun makers was not only a competent gun maker but equally an innovator and an industrial talent. He created the guiding principal which Victor Sarasqueta advocated: "That which you make, make well. That which is well made is the most difficult but the whole world will know about it; To make something badly is easier, but no-one will want it." The company rapidly grew to become the dominant company for the fabrication of guns in Elbar. At its apogee, the enterprise employed 125 persons. In 1902 Sarasqueta was named furnisher of arms for the Royal house of Spain. Throughout its history the enterprise mainly made a variety of shotguns of good quality in the British style, with sidelocks or "A&D" (boxlocks?). The 1970's and 80's saw an important slowing down of activity for Spanish gun makers. During this time Victor Sarasqueta SA was reorganized and the Society became "Victor Sarasqueta Rifles and Shotguns SA." A certain number of models were discontinued and the production was reduced to two sidelock models. In the middle of the 1980's, the enterprise became part of the Diarm group wich tried to combine several Spanish gun makers into one company. Diarm closed its doors at the end of the 1980's putting an end to a chapter of Spanish arms making.
