Francotte Experts Out There?

[Dean Weber]

Originally Posted by Ken Hill

Dean,

A nice looking gun. How does the side safety work?

Ken

If looking at the lever (left side)....9 oclock is right barrel first, 12 is left barrel first, and 3 oclock is safe. Kind of funky.

[Dean Weber]

Originally Posted by davidboyles

Stunning piece of Belgium craftsmanship. I own one Francotte 20 and a Deforney 16 (7 pin side lock) that is a beautiful balanced gun. I hunted doves and blue quail in NM. It is 2 3/4 ". I think it is late 40's gun. Did anyone notice how fine the checkering is on your gun!! I'm not a stock maker but I venture to say 28 LPI or 30 LPI. Great work they did along with the old standby "Browning." Thanks for showing

Checkering is 32 LPI

[Big D]

D = Droit (Right)
G = Gauche (Left)
S = Sauf (Safe)

[Ken Hill]

Originally Posted by Dean Weber

If looking at the lever (left side)....9 oclock is right barrel first, 12 is left barrel first, and 3 oclock is safe. Kind of funky.

It would take some practice to get use to it!

Ken

[Alan B. Webber]

I just bought one because I love the engraving on them, elegant finely engraved birds and really nicely engraved detonators. Beautiful wood, well balanced, I've been shooting ZZs with it lately and it's a great shooter.
I can't wait to do ducks with it this season.