Dean,
Just on the chance that the customer who would copy a beautiful VL&D Francotte may have actually ordered it there, I checked the serial number against the G&H database. Unfortunately, it was not ordered at VL&D but it was sold as a consigned gun at Abercrombie & Fitch in 1935.
The above is a partial photo of the inventory book entry. Reading left to right, it idicates that the gun was received on May 28, 1935, 20 gauge, 26 inch bbls, weight of 5 lbs, 14 oz, ejector gun, choked IC - Mod, D@H - 2 7/8, D@C - 1 7/16, LOP - 14 5/8, 1/2 pistol grip, model AAHE.
Bob Beach
Griffin & Howe, Inc
Parker 175048 at A&F
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