*UNIQUE FRANCOTTE 14E SINGLE TRIGGER .410 DOUBLE BARREL SHOT PISTOL.

*UNIQUE FRANCOTTE 14E SINGLE TRIGGER .410 DOUBLE BARREL SHOT PISTOL. SN 85868. Cal. .410. 2-1/2″ Chambers. In their 1927-8 catalog, Von Lengerke & Detmold list all available Francotte guns with a paragraph stating “a Francotte gun, exactly according to your wishes and requirements can be built for you on special order at any time.” This unusual and really neat pistol is obviously a “special order”. It has 14-3/16″ dovetailed steel bbls with narrow, matted rib engraved “Von Lengerke & Detmold” and “U. S. Agents New-York” on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with Francotte logos and Belgian nitro proofs, as well as, “Francotte Choke Bore”. Bbls appear to be full choke with over .030″ constriction. Choke information is stamped on bottoms of bbls along with SN. Small case hardened boxlock action corresponds to no. 14 quality in finish and engraving, except is fitted with single trigger and automatic ejectors, with non-automatic safety. Blued steel trigger guard has SN engraved on tang which is bent sharply downward and inlet into specially selected streaked European walnut stock. Wood grain follows a curve into long square butt pistol grip, with rounded spur extension at top. Grip is checkered in two panels in point pattern. Matching long splinter ejector forend has typical Anson release, and SN on iron. PROVENANCE: Copy of letter from BATF removing this particular firearm from the provisions of the NFA, and further finding it to be a “curio or relic”. CONDITION: Excellent, near new. Metal parts retain nearly all of their orig finish. Blue of bbls is slightly silvered at muzzles, and only a hint of silvering is on sharp edges of case hardened parts. There are a few minor marks on grip, mostly a dime sized area of compressions on right side behind trigger. Checkering is excellent, wood still light in grooves. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are in time. Trigger works. An extreme rarity in exceptional original condition. 4-45145 MGM205 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1187	$20,700.00	UNIQUE FRANCOTTE 14E SINGLE TRIGGER .410 DOUBLE BARREL SHOT PISTOL. SN 85868. Cal. .410. 2-1/2″ Chambers. In their 1927-8 catalog, Von Lengerke & Detmold list all available Francotte guns with a paragraph stating “a Francotte gun, exactly according to your wishes and requirements can be built for you on special order at any time.” This unusual and really neat pistol is obviously a “special order”. It has 14-3/16″ dovetailed steel bbls with narrow, matted rib engraved “Von Lengerke & Detmold” and “U. S. Agents New-York” on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with Francotte logos and Belgian nitro proofs, as well as, “Francotte Choke Bore”. Bbls appear to be full choke with over .030″ constriction. Choke information is stamped on bottoms of bbls along with SN. Small case hardened boxlock action corresponds to no. 14 quality in finish and engraving, except is fitted with single trigger and automatic ejectors, with non-automatic safety. Blued steel trigger guard has SN engraved on tang which is bent sharply downward and inlet into specially selected streaked European walnut stock. Wood grain follows a curve into long square butt pistol grip, with rounded spur extension at top. Grip is checkered in two panels in point pattern. Matching long splinter ejector forend has typical Anson release, and SN on iron. PROVENANCE: Copy of letter from BATF removing this particular firearm from the provisions of the NFA, and further finding it to be a “curio or relic”. CONDITION: Excellent, near new. Metal parts retain nearly all of their orig finish. Blue of bbls is slightly silvered at muzzles, and only a hint of silvering is on sharp edges of case hardened parts. There are a few minor marks on grip, mostly a dime sized area of compressions on right side behind trigger. Checkering is excellent, wood still light in grooves. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are in time. Trigger works. An extreme rarity in exceptional original condition. 4-45145 MGM205 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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