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45°26′27″N 4°23′17.2″E

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Corporate headquarters in Saint-Étienne

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.

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History

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A Hirondelle bike produced by Manufrance in 1920

The first French mail order company, it mainly specialised in shotguns (Robust, Falcor, Ideal, Simplex)[citation needed] and bicycles (Hirondelle [fr]) 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]

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Ownership

It was bought by Jacques Tavitian in 1988.

See also

  • Sears – Department store chain in the United States

References

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