| 3DogMike |
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| 01/11/20 12:50 PM |
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Re: Jeffery Mannlicher 1903
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Le Personne & Co was a London based importer and wholesaler of various commodities such as glass. Also imported firearms into the U.K. For many years they had the FN agency for the U.K. They did not make any firearms.
The company was only liquidated in the 1990's. Unfortunately, no registers of firearm sales appear to have survived.
Regards
AlanD
Sydney
Hello Alan, thanks for adding your input.
Thus it leads me to believe that Le Personne likely imported batches of rifles from Steyr and sold them on to firms like Jeffery or Wm. Evans.
In this case it seems probable that Jeffery acquired the rifles or barreled actions from Le Personne, then had them altered to Jeffery standards by Leonard or Taylor.
- Mike