Manufrance
45°26′27″N 4°23′17.2″E / 45.44083°N 4.388111°E
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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.
Products
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotguns (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex) and bicycles (Hirondelle). 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.
Ownership
It was bought by Tavitian Jacques in 1988.
Users
An unlicensed Manufrance LaSalle 12-gauge shotgun, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis in Australia.[1] Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Safi, Michael (2 September 2015). "Sydney siege shotgun 'fired' in chilling courtroom reconstruction". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Coultan, Mark (28 August 2015). "New firearms restrictions and bail laws for NSW after Martin Place siege". NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant said that penalties for firearm offences will be increased, with a new offence of possession of a stolen firearm, which will carry a maximum penalty of 14 years jail. There will also be a ban on possessing blueprints for firearms capable of being used by 3D printers, as well as unlicensed milling machines. News Corp. The Australian. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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