Fleur de Lys marked lugers

alanint · 03-14-2011, 11:27 AM

John,

It appears that the very end of the "Hook" mates with the stock lug on the gun. This allows you to fully grasp the pistol's grips while still having the benefit of the stock. This is a bit like modern "Thumbhole" stocks. I'm betting there is a small lock button on the opposite side of the hook's end.
My comments on the leather patch were merely to point out its extraordinary and in my mind, suspect condition, not to disparage the guns themselves.

sheepherder · 03-14-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlim

Why would a company like 'Manufacture Francaise' or 'Manufrance' mark their cases with 'St Etienne' (the name of the town one of their outfits was located in)?

I read the carbine barrel inscription as "Manufacture Francaise d'Armes & Cuciss de Saint Etienne"...although the 'Cuciss' is a guess...(I don't know any French)...

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Originally Posted by alanint

It appears that the very end of the "Hook" mates with the stock lug on the gun. This allows you to fully grasp the pistol's grips while still having the benefit of the stock. This is a bit like modern "Thumbhole" stocks. I'm betting there is a small lock button on the opposite side of the hook's end.

I would agree with that...There is a curve to the 'hook' that looks like it woould be the same as a stock lug...

Ben M. · 03-14-2011, 06:49 PM

Postino,

It is Cycles. As in bicycles.

sheepherder · 03-14-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben M.

Postino,

It is Cycles. As in bicycles.

Yeah!...That's it! (I told you I didn't know any French!)...

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03-14-2011, 11:27 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	John, It appears that the very end of the "Hook" mates with the stock lug on the gun. This allows you to fully grasp the pistol's grips while still having the benefit of the stock. This is a bit like modern "Thumbhole" stocks. I'm betting there is a small lock button on the opposite side of the hook's end. My comments on the leather patch were merely to point out its extraordinary and in my mind, suspect condition, not to disparage the guns themselves.

03-14-2011, 06:49 PM	#3
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 498 Thanks: 96 Thanked 145 Times in 90 Posts	Postino, It is Cycles. As in bicycles.