Manufrance was the trade name of Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles de St.Etienne ("French Arms and Cycle Factory of St. Etienne"), a French mail order company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne since 1888.
History
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotguns (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex) and bicycles (Hirondelle (bicycle)) since 1890.[1] However, they covered other products, ranging from fishing rods to household items, such as wall clocks. Most of the products sold by Manufrance were made by third-party manufacturers, then labeled and retailed by Manufrance.
An unregistered Manufrance LaSalle 12-gauge shotgun, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis in Australia, who was unlicensed.[2] Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.[3]
Ownership
It was bought by Jacques Tavitian in 1988.
See also
External links
References
- Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint-Étienne. Bicyclette Hirondelle, modèle Superbe musee-art-industrie.saint-etienne.fr, retrieved 2020-08-21^
- Michael Safi. Sydney siege shotgun 'fired' in chilling courtroom reconstruction The Guardian, 2 September 2015, retrieved 14 May 2016^
- Mark Coultan. New firearms restrictions and bail laws for NSW after Martin Place siege