Francotte shotgun history serial numbers#

Although only 26 when she engraved these guns she was already doingвЂќbestвЂќwork for the company. His daughter grew up training next to her father at the engraving vice. These guns were ordered with extra finish and were engraved by Lyson Corombelle the daughter of Hyppolite Corombelle who was arguably the top engraver inД«elgium. The grade 20 had the same stock dimensions but weighed 4oz.вЂ™s more. had a 141/2вЂќ lop and great stock dimention for today of 11/2вЂќ at comb and 21/4вЂќ at heel.

Francotte shotgun history serial numbers#

He took the serial numbers of his guns and was able to look at FrancotteвЂ™s records, and found the serial numbers of#8129. My friend Dick found this out when he was in Leige on business. He also ordered the guns with extra finish much like the English makers did. The man from Chi ago ordered a grade 20 and 25. Francotte offered side by sides in several grades. They had a London office in the late 1900вЂ™s and built a lot of barrels for Purdey. of Leige Belgium who started in business in 1802. They were built by the August Francotte Co.

Here is the story: These two guns were ordered by a Chicago industrialist ( name unknown at this time ) sometime in 1920.

The information on these guns come from Dick K.,Morris Hallowell,and Bob Beach, the historian for Griffin and Howe in New York. He purchased the guns from Hallowell & Co. I purchased this pair of shotguns from my friend Dick K. I was going to do an article about this pair of shotguns for the Double Gun Journal I just have not got around to it yet. This is going to be a rather long post so bear with me please.