Originally Posted By: ellenbr
Yeah, many times the end retailer would mask the initials of the actualy maker by overstamping. On the GI offering you note,

http://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-fo...44A0B8C.cfusion

you know I don't see anything that points toward Francotte, unless I'm missing something. I see that mechanic Joseph Cap, Acier Arquebusier Cap, lent some tube effort per his craft.

Cheers,

Raimey
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I know next to nothing about Auguste Francotte to make comment on origin of that piece. The gun quality is high and using Francotte name in USA brings more traffic to the listing. Seeing specs of that gun it begs a question why do we need 16ga guns at all?