Manufrance
French mail order company
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Manufrance was the trade name of Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles de St.Etienne ("French Arms and Cycle Factory of St. Etienne"), a French mail order company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne since 1888.
History
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotguns (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex)[citation needed] and bicycles (Hirondelle) since 1890.[1] However, they covered other products, ranging from fishing rods to household items, such as wall clocks. Most of the products sold by Manufrance were made by third-party manufacturers, then labeled and retailed by Manufrance.
An unregistered Manufrance LaSalle 12-gauge shotgun, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis in Australia, who was unlicensed.[2] Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.[3]
Ownership
It was bought by Jacques Tavitian in 1988.
See also
- Sears – Department store chain in the United States
