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DoubleD
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Re: this ones killing me..
25/03/06 09:57 PM

That's interesting. Westley Richards Made Martini's for Francotte. My studies seem to indicate the predominace was just the opposite. Although there is some indication in Winfer that Richards furnished some parts for finishing out by Francotte.

Winfer referred to the practice of parts made in Belgium. Although there is some inference that complete actions were involved. I saw no reference by Winfer to suggest that the complete Belgium made rifles were represented as English, with one very notiable exception...The ZAR Martini.

Histroy tell us that Francotte provided these guns for Westley Richards and some time after Francotte closed up his England based gun business. The internals of the gun are very clearly marked AF. (And I went through my photo albums to post pictures of the AF marks and have none to show. Doesn't help my rifles are 8000 miles away in storage.)

It just doesn't seem reasonalble to assume that the practice of making base parts in Belgium including action bodies or frames was limited to just single shot rifles and excluded doubles. It was the practice of the trade at the time. I don't have access to my Winfer books right now to see if he mentions the practice as exclusive to single shots.

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this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	21/03/06 03:38 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	22/03/06 05:10 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	375Brno	22/03/06 08:43 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	23/03/06 02:02 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	21/03/06 04:27 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	23/03/06 02:06 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	AdamTayler	24/03/06 02:20 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	4seventy	21/03/06 09:12 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	21/03/06 09:17 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	01/04/06 03:27 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	01/04/06 04:12 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	01/04/06 07:41 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	25/03/06 01:59 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 03:14 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	25/03/06 05:13 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 07:30 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	25/03/06 09:57 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	28/03/06 04:37 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	30/03/06 06:39 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	26/03/06 10:44 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	26/03/06 08:50 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	mehulkamdar	28/03/06 02:45 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	27/03/06 02:01 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	27/03/06 03:43 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	27/03/06 05:12 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	27/03/06 05:22 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	25/03/06 07:46 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 11:38 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	26/03/06 02:03 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	RLI	26/03/06 03:07 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	Marrakai	21/03/06 11:24 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	22/03/06 01:32 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	4seventy	22/03/06 09:27 AM

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