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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
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Retail companies of France Cycle manufacturers of France Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Organizations based in Saint-Étienne {{France-company-stub
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
Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as:
* Sending an order form in the mail
* Placing a telephone call
* Placing a ...
company which was situated in the manufacturing town of St. Etienne
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since 1888.
Products
The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised inshotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
s (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex) and bicycles (Hirondelle). However, they covered other products, ranging from fishing rod
A fishing rod is a long, thin rod used by angling, anglers to fishing, catch fish by manipulating a fishing line, line ending in a fish hook, hook (formerly known as an ''angle'', hence the term "angling"). At its most basic form, a fishing ...
s to household items, such as wall clocks.
Most of the products sold by Manufrance were made by third-party manufacturers, then labeled and retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...
ed by Manufrance.
Ownership
It was bought by Tavitian Jacques in 1988.Users
An unlicensed Manufrance LaSalle 12-gaugeshotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
, with a sawn-off barrel, was used by the perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis
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in Australia. Restrictions on illegal firearms were tightened as a result.
See also
*Sears
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References
External links
Official website
Retail companies of France Cycle manufacturers of France Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Organizations based in Saint-Étienne {{France-company-stub