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Francotte SLE 12 ga - GAME SCENE ENGRAVING, COIN FINISH, vintage firearms
Guns International #: 103453109 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Francotte Shotguns - Browning Belgium Shotguns - SXS
Seller's Information
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Seller: Vintage Firearms, Inc
Company: Vintage Firearms, Inc.
Member Since: 5/19/07
First Name: Ron
Last Name: Cook
State: Michigan
Zip: 49546
Country: United States
Phone: (616) 608-4337
Phone2: (616) 730-8387
Fax: (616) 608-4701
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 241
Total Number of Listings: 6225
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: credit card, check, certified funds, wire transfer (Advertised price represents the 3.5% cash discount price. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3.5% higher cost.)
Description:
General Specs: Francotte, 1981, 12 Gauge, 7lbs. 1oz, Screw ins/M Chokes, LOP 14 1/4", DAH 2 1/8", DAC 1 3/8"
Serial Number: 21570
Vintage Firearms is pleased to present this Francotte double gun, with gorgeous metal finishes. The factory finished barrels are near-perfect, with dense scroll border right along the breech, and a solid rib, with a unique matting pattern, that buries deep at the muzzle end with a brass front bead. There is a hole tapped for a mid-bead if the shooter would like one added. The show-stopping game scene engraving, with great use of “negative” space, giving a lifelike presence to the landscape and animals. Every area is engraved, but it doesn’t look crowded or overdone. One other area of detail that I appreciate about this gun is the way the craftsman designed the pattern of the checkering to meet in unique ways on the English stock on the bottom of the buttstock and at the top of the wrist. They are subtle hints to the care given throughout the process of design and execution for this functional work of art, from one of the most respected and storied makers in Liège, Belgium. Please enjoy the detailed photos and specifications provided.
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Barrels
Barrel Length: 28"
Chokes: Screw-in IM/.021
Bores: mirror
Bore Diameter: .724/.726
Wall Thickness: .032/.029
% Blue: 99% factory
Chambers: 2 3/4"
Ribs: tight
Sights: front brass
Action
Action: tight-centered
Ejectors: timed
Receiver Condition: 99% coin finish
Screws: excellent
Engraving: beautiful game scene full coverage, scroll borders
Trigger Type: double-crisp
Trigger Guard Color: engraved 99% coin finish
Stock
Type: straight/splinter
LOP: 14 1/4"
LOP To End Of Wood: 13 1/4"
DAH: 2 1/8"
DAC: 1 3/8"
Cast: neutral
Checkering Condition: excellent, unique pattern connection from side to side
Butt Treatment: Purdey style leather covered pad, with widows peak
INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a “VFI Certified” gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details or questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms
Payment and Shipping
Ways to Pay: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3.5% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3.5% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax Collected: FL, MI, PA
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $220.00 within continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK.
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes. C&R licenses accepted for shipping C&R eligible guns
Other
Terms of Purchase: Check your local and state laws before purchasing. It is the buyer’s responsibility to confirm his/her right to own the firearm or any item before purchasing.
PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. View all listings and our full inventory of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. Thanks for looking!We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs “tweaked”, let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns “as found” and others want them “just so”. We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
Price: $10,175.00
Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge