Auguste francotte number 15529 full#
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I have many more fine sxs shotguns not yet listed. Just open one of my ads and click on the line that says “see all items from this seller” and a very nice list of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. We offer a 30 day mechanical warranty on this fine shotgun. Type: 1/2 round/splinter forend, nice figure***** Thanks for looking!Įjectors or Extractors: ejectors, strong, timed***** Compare this gun to any other offerings for condition and features and you will agree it is priced to sell. This gun has 5 locking points Greener cross bolt, double underlug bites, sideclips, and through the frame barrel lug.just as good as you can get and being 90 years old and still tight as new, a testament to its design. The Francotte guns are one of the best buys in the fine gun world and known for strength and durability while being quite refined. The gun is mechanically excellent in all ways, with strong well timed ejectors, crisp double triggers, tight as new on hinge and breech face, this is the way you like to find them. and balanced just ahead of the hinge pin with 28" barrels choked LM/IM (.014/.024 restrictions, can be altered to your specs in our shop within 10 days of purchase), this is the epitome of the upland game gun. Built in 1926 during the time when quality reigned supreme, this little Francotte retains most of its factory original condition with 85% vivid case color, clear sharp deep chiseled engraving, excellent screws, mirror bores, 98% factory blue, beautifully figured European walnut with excellent checkering.just a beautiful little 16 bore. This Francotte Model 20E is a sideplated box lock gun that is a mid-grade gun from this maker. For over a hundred years Francotte shotguns have been known the world over as “bespoke” guns from Belgium. The name Auguste Francotte is synonymous with the best of the Belgium gun trade. General Specs: Francotte, Belgian, Year 1926, 16 Gauge, 5lb 12oz, Side by Side Length of pull: 15 inches, drop at comb: 1 11/16 inches, drop at heel: 2 3/16 inches, weight: 11lbs 3oz.Description: Francotte 20E 16 Gauge SxS Shotgun Also comes with a leather covered takedown hardcase, two leather straps for the case and two keys for the case. There is a sheet that lists all the measurements taken of the original orderer so that the rifle would fit, a hand drawn sketch of the forearm and some magazine articles on Auguste Francotte firearms. With correspondence from the original person who ordered the rifle to the factory and from the factory to the original orderer. Mounted on a beautifully figured, multi-point finely checkered beavertail forearm and pistol grip stock with teardrop flats, a grip cap having a trapdoor with extra front sight inside, a raised cheekpiece, an initial oval and a solid red rubber recoil pad. It is fitted with a tang mounted safety, niter blue double triggers with the front articulating and automatic ejectors. Today all Francotte shotguns are bespoke. Francotte guns became well known in the UK and were imported into the USA by Abercrombie & Fitch. Later they turned to sporting arms, and soon garnered attention as a builder of best guns in the British tradition. The paperwork states it is regulated for 60 yards. Auguste Francotte & Cie was founded in 1805 in Liege to produce military arms. The bottom of the left barrel is marked ".458 WINCH" and the bottom of the right barrel is engraved "MADE IN BELGIUM". FRANCOTTE" and the left barrel is engraved "BREVETE A LIEGE".
The barrels have a beaded blade front sight on a short rib with a curved transition to the concave rib and there is a quarter rib at the rear with the same transition, a fixed sight and a flip up blade. The top tang follows the curve of the stock and extends just past the start of the raised shadowline cheekpiece. The lock plates are H&H style with 7 pins and cocking indicators. There is also tight floral scroll engraving on the remainder of the receiver and lock plates, on the trigger guard, on the grip cap and on the forearm hardware. The underside of the receiver and trigger plate are engraved with an elephant in grasslands looking directly at you with only a shrub standing between the two of you. The right lock plate shows two water buffalo running at full speed in the grasslands of Africa with mountains in the background and shrubs in the foreground. You can even see two small birds riding on the back of the furthest rhino. The left side plate shows two rhinos in a grassy African environment with trees and shrubs surrounding them. This spectacular example has masterfully executed game panel scenes on the lock plates and on the underside of the bolstered H&H style receiver.
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