doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com A few Questions about my Francotte

I picked this up today and I thought I would share it and maybe you can help me with a few questions I have. It is a 12 gauge extractor gun and I was told it was a model 18. 2 3/4 chambers. Both barrels say '18.4 choke 18.3', so if I'm reading it correctly, it only has .1 mm of choke which is something between skeet and cylinder. I'm fairly new to this stuff but isn't it a bit odd that both barrels are the same? Serial number is 28032 which according to the serial number list would put it at 1897 or post 1989, neither of which seems right. Can anyone tell me what year it was made?

Besides a few buggered screws and some normal age it is in fantastic shape; the barrels have almost perfect bluing. It amazes me the amount of gun and the quality of workmanship you can get with old an SxS without spending a lot of money.