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October 30, 2025
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Re-posting this as previous topic had tech issues and was killed by mods on my request. Please also re-post your replies, as many readers could not them and react on them.
Part 1:
Hello. Here’s interesting one, 1907 DOM.
Marked with “Manufacture Française D’Armes et Cycles De Saint Etienne”, also has a military style number on the stock and sling hardware. Are there other known 1892 with such combination of markings?
Part 2:
After chatting with Gilles (freebird1968) I understand in regards of factory markings: a) it’s a private company, not to be confused with state one MAS and b) these are kind of importer/retailer markings and don’t signify anything else.
However one piece of puzzle still remains – stock is marked in the same manner (left side, typical font, typical prefix) as French military rifles. I guess we will have to keep observing for similar specimens until we can make any conclusions?
P.S. And sling mounting hardware – can someone comment if this is an addition or factory option?
November 20, 2019
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here is the summary of my previous answers:
“Manufacture d’Armes et Cycle de Saint Étienne” was a major gun and cycle manufacturer, gun importer and resseller and mail order company of the late XIXth century and up to the second half of the XXth under the name Manufrance.
They stamped their imported guns with their name. So your gun was imported and sold in France.
This company must not be mistaken for the french arsenal in the same city, the “Manufacture d’Armes de Saint Étienne”, or MAS, which produced military weapons for the French Government.
As for the stock stamp, it does look similar to typical french military markings. But I’ve never seen a 1892 with french military markings, or heard about any being used by the army.
However, WInchesters sold through the Manufacture in Saint Étienne were often used in the french colonies. There might be a link there to be explored.
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