Previous trademark manufactured by Manufacture Francaise d´Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, located in Saint Etienne, France. Trade name was MANUFRANCE.
LE FRANCAIS PISTOLS Models
.25 ACP cal., double action, 7 shot, 2 3/8 in. hinged barrel, blue, fixed sights, hard rubber grips. Mfg. 1914-1966.
.25 ACP cal., similar to Pocket Model, except has 3 1/2 in. hinged barrel, some are marked "FRANCO". Mfg. 1922-1968.
.32 ACP cal., double action, 8 shot, 3 1/4 in. hinged finned barrel, blue, fixed sights, rubber grips. 10,000 mfg. 1950-1969, very few imported into the U.S.
9mm Browning Long cal., double action, 8 shot, 5 in. hinged barrel, blue, fixed sights, checkered walnut grips, some are marked "FRANCO". 4,000 mfg. 1928-1938. Early model with plain tapered barrel (1928), later model with finned barrel (1931).