Fabrique D’armes réunies
Manufacture of weapons.
Rue Charles Morren, 26-28 Liège (03/02/1921)
Deposited of mark.
N° 2575 – Liège 03/02/1921
Founded in 1909 to produce the semi-automatic gun Dictator.
Reorganized after 1918 in "Fabrique d’Armes Unies".
Disappearance about 1931.
Dictator
This was an in 1909 patented .25 automatic pistol. The patent (brit. pat. 20277/1909) was written to the name of the company. The name of the inventor is unknown.
In the USA the same pistol was sold with the name "Centaure".
The construction of the pistol is very interesting as it was with no doubt the first "telescope-action", a construction which appeared in 1944-1945 at machine-guns an was celebrated at that time as big progress of gun-development. Anyhow it was unusual for pocket-pistols. It seems the unknown inventor just was looking for some new solution in order to prevent problems with other patents.
It is unknown, how many of these pistols have been produced, but it seems they must not have been too many as the production was very difficult.
DICTATOR of the Fabriques d’armes réunies (FAR)
This small automatic gun of pocket has the comic name of DICTATOR.
It is of caliber .25 or 6,35 mm, the barrel measures 58 mm and carries 4 stripes on the right.
Its weight is 415 grams. It is 119 mm long, 81 mm high and is a thickness of 22,5 mm.
Its system is with simple action. The sight is fixed and safety with lever.
The completion is bronzed. The grips are out of hard plastic with letters SBF in an oval lying. These letters should for me represent the founders of the F.A.R. is SIMONIS, BERTRAND and FRESARD.
Another type of plates represents the equestrian statue of CHARLEMAGNE (trade mark the 24.07.08.
This automatic pistol was patented in 1909. The license (brit.pat.20277/09) was taken in the name of the company.
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Photos Littlegun
Rifle CENTAURE
The weapon
It acts of a shotgun to juxtaposed unrifled bores gauges of it 28-70, system GREENER, hammerless, key top lever, pistol grip.
The punches
We raise various punches of the tests house of Liege, that is to say:
Spangled ELG in a crowned oval: acceptance of the test (1893/1968)
Peron: inspection (1853 until today)
PV overcome by a stylized lion: test with the powder without smoke (1898/1968)
28-70 in large C: gauge nominal and length of the casing (1924 until today)
Choke 13.8: chokés guns: cal to 22 cm of the breech (1924/1968)
The manufacturer
a) Of the barrels: the mark JF and the mention SIEMENS-MARTIN (steel used), indicate that they are guns manufactured by Jean FALLA, street New Bonne, 35 in Liege (Test house of Liège 1931/1953).
b) Of the weapon: the mark CENTAURE was deposited by HANQUET Emile the 09.02.1910.
At the time of the fusion of HANQUET with other manufacturers in 1920 (FABRIQUES D’ARMES REUNIES LIEGE S.A.) street Trappé, 22 in Liege, the mark with the CENTAURE continued to be used.
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