Zhuk gives 1912-1914 many on-line sources have repeated these incorrect dates.
Hogg and Walter state that the Second Model was made in 1912, and Hogg & Walter, and Zhuk, show only what I am calling the Second Model. Only a few books mention that the Auguste Francotte company manufactured an automatic pistol, sometimes referred to by the initials AFC, after the monogram on the grip plates. The company was taken over by a Dutch firm in 1998. In their final years they were famous for expensive handmade shotguns.
According to Gadisseur, the company held 72 patents that were TheirĬatalog for the year 1900 lists no less than 100 different revolvers and 44 different rifles and shotguns available for sale. In 1889, the Francotte Company was one of thirteen founders of Fabrique Nationale. Francotte was one of the largest gun manufacturers in Belgium in the 19th century. In 1825 it became Auguste Francotte et fils, and 1848 it became Augusteįrancotte et Cie. The business was taken over in 1811 by his son, Auguste Francotte, and the company took his name. The House of Francotte was founded in 1805 by P.
With essential contributions from Vaclav Vriesen
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