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Hello
I have an inherited Francotte s x s hammer shotgun
it is marked Francotte Paris France with a serial # of 8691 R
Does anyone have any info for me i am having a hard time determining the age, i know my father bought it in 1977.
thank you
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Jeff, the approximate dates of production are listed on this site at http://www.doublegunshop.com/dgsnos2.htm . According to the list, your gun was probably made in 1935. Welcome to the board! Hope you stick around.
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the serial # is four digits though. 8691R
looks older than that, but what do i know, not much
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Any pictures of her Jeff?
Thats a wierd serial#
Does it have the Crown with AF trade mark?..some close up shots of the stampings on both flats would help....I'm a sucker for nice Francottes...not seen many HammerGuns...is she pretty????
cheers
Franc
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let me figure out how to upload pic to this site
one side says Paris France cheek side says A. Francotte
serial # and Paris France between the barrels
stock has painted on checkering.
I openup the action and inside the stock has 5581 on it the barrels have af and a crown and another mark which might have a star in it. It has several other marks and numbers
does this help? is the serial# the one inside or on the top of the barrels?
Last edited by JeffClark; 08/18/09 04:32 PM.
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Last edited by JeffClark; 08/28/09 08:34 AM.
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 Try copying and pasting the image code
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Crownless ELG indicates an old gun from before 1894. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be from the 1870s.
Kind regards,
Jani
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You have 2 threads going about the same gun. Here is what I posted on the other thread.
Francotte has been around since 1810. Usually with a maker's mark it is possible it date the registration, however, they were around so long, it is pointless in this case.
Between 1853-1877 a Crown over any letter would indicate the controller of proof. The barrels were black powder proofed. The action has a perron which was the old proof of breeching of system mark.
It is an interesting side lever gun. I would imagine that it should clean up very well. I am not sure when they stopped selling side lever guns.
Pete
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Is it a left-handed gun? It looks to have rebounding hammers as well as a pinned forend. And the chequering you mention is either worn smooth or has become filled.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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