Victor Sarasqueta was a firm of fine gun makers based in Eibar (

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), Spain. It mostly produced originally-designed quality side-by-side

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and double rifles based on British designs. The business was founded in 1883 and in 1902 received a

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as a purveyor of guns to the

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. After being reorganised as Victor Sarasqueta Rifles y Escopetas Especiales, S.A., the business became part of the DiArm Group in the mid 1980s, a company which did not survive that decade. Other guns made by Felix Sarasqueta and J.J. Sarasqueta also exist, these manufacturers are related to Victor Sarasqueta.

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