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| I am fairly familiar with them, and own several, but as far as I know, the serial number does not indicate the grade of the gun in question. First of all, I assume it is a side by side. What gauge is it? What does it say on the barrel. Often has an importer's name and possibly the grade. How much engraving if any, does it have? Are the fences carved? etc.
They are excellent guns BTW, which are somewhat underappreciated in the market's pricing of them. |
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| This gun was most likely imported by Abercrombie and Fitch. There are many grades of Francottes manufactured and imported. Some are boxlocks, some are sideplated boxlocks, some are sidelocks. There is no way to value your friend's gun without a great deal of additional information - it could be $500 or $5000.
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| To repeat, while I am not an expert on Francottes, I own several and have handled and looked at hundreds more. Francotte has always been mostly a custom shop and, while I wouldn't swear to it, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that they made only one grade of gun for 4 or 5 years. So the serial number is not a good indicator of the quality, one way or the other.
I'd have to go get one of mine to check the spelling, but Von Lengertke and Detmond, or something like that, was also a major importer of Francottes. |
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