Dreschler, ‘De Adams revolver’, De wapenverzamelaar 9 (1971), pp. 3-24 and ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1840-1867’, De wapenverzamelaar 5 (1967), pp. It is also announced that in the years 1890, Francotte was interested in the guns and. It is only by dismounting them that one can find the initial AF. Hof, ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1813-1840’, De wapenverzamelaar 4 (1966), pp. The Francotte company was also a very important wholesaler, especially as from the years 1880, providing revolvers to arms manufacturers who affixed their names or their punches on these weapons. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. According to the transfer papers to the Rijksmuseum in 1889, this revolver was not to be transferred to the museum, but other inconsistencies in this list have been noted.
The gun was identified on the basis of probability. The gun has an octagonal barrel and a wooden butt with a ring. The percussion caps are placed on nipples at the back of the cylinder. The cartridges are loaded through the front of the cylinder and can be rammed by means of a lever alongside the barrel. The body of the revolver is made of blued steel, the cylinder, cock and trigger are made of iron. Fickrevolver fr patron med centralantndning, 5 skott, dubbelrrelse, Auguste Francotte, Lige, 1800-talets slut, serienr 3595(). Another specimen is already on the site, complete with its grips plates and punches. It is taken up in Zhuks book p 181, which places him around 1912-1914. transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883Īdams Francotte revolver, rifled percussion six-shooter. Here is a very little known pistol, produced by Auguste Francotte in calibre 6,35 Browning a little before the 1st GM. Mark: various assayer's marks on all parts Inscription, near the cylinder: ADAMS / 1850 / PATENT Francotte guns are owned by most of the world's industrial leaders, chiefs of state, and the crowned heads of Europe and Asia. Its founding pre-dates that of both James Purdey and Holland & Holland of London. Inscription, on and below the cylinder: Nº 846 the revolver francotte In the year 1875, the Serbian War Department asked Smith&Wesson for an offer for the delivery of 2,500 topbreak revolvers of the '1874 model' (better known as the 'Russian model').Yet the firm order went to the Francotte Company. is one of the oldest (Maison Fondee 1805), of the world's few fine Gunmakers. Length 30 cm × calibre 11 mm Inscriptions