March
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online Now
9 members (lagopus, Marc Ret, Argo44, 3 invisible), 290 guests, and 5 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums10
Topics38,374
Posts544,001
Members14,391
Most Online1,131
Jan 21st, 2024
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#573877 06/16/20 04:02 PM
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 352
Likes: 21
Sidelock
OP Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 352
Likes: 21
Fellows, Does anyone know when Francotte ceased operations in Leige? I am looking at one of their sidelocks from 1983 trying to put an approximate value on it, but dont know what they were selling for back then. Thanks, Sandlapper

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Vic Venters wrote about that in his book "Gun Craft" page 116 Francotte was taken over by Derksen in 2001 and in 2003 Derksen was bankrupt.
Marc.

Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 87
Likes: 2
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 87
Likes: 2
OT but according to https://no.linkedin.com/in/piet-h%C3%B8vig-88b76648/en-us the brand has been owned by the Dutch lawyer Piet Hvig since January 1997. According to https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=211324&page=all there has been small scale manufacture in the Netherlands (Maastricht?) under the name.

Markus

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Markus, you speak about a small number of unfinished guns who have all ready the name Francotte on it and these guns passed the proof house. I know about this and I am aware that these guns were finished at a very high level. After this not one single gun could have the name Francotte on it, this was a decision of the commercial court.
Cheers, Marc.

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 352
Likes: 21
Sidelock
OP Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 352
Likes: 21
Thanks guys for the information.

Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 87
Likes: 2
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 87
Likes: 2
Dunno bout '83 but according to the 1991 Shooter's Bible $27,500 for a basic sidelock ($31,000 in 28 or .410 gauge), and the '95 SB $22,427 (& $24,665).

Markus

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 297
Likes: 3
Good morning Markus, I wanted to send you a personal mail but it not passed. I have friends in Finland and hunt in Finland each yaer, so if you want to contact me my e-mail is in my profile.
Greetings from Belgium, Marc.


Link Copied to Clipboard

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack

Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!


Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 0.054s Queries: 28 (0.035s) Memory: 0.8199 MB (Peak: 1.8988 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2024-03-28 16:49:15 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS