Bicycle manufacturers that also manufacture firearms.

[dnc1]

Hi All,

Beaten to the BSA.

How about Manufrance?

Full title Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles (a bit of a give away). (-:

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The 'polishing shop', early 20th Century.

More history here, for those that don't read French, scroll down for the pictures...

MANUFACTURE FRANCAISE D’ARMES ET CYCLES / MANUFRANCE / HIRONDELLE / HIRON / H / CYCLES MIMOSA - encyclo du vélo

MANUFACTURE FRANCAISE D’ARMES ET CYCLES / MANUFRANCE / HIRONDELLE / HIRON / H / CYCLES MIMOSA Saint-Etienne Manufrance est l’appellation commerciale de la Manuf

encycloduvelo.fr

A+, Adrian

PS, just because it's amazing, this is only one of the 'Offices' of Manufrance...
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It gives me an Indiana Jones Warehouse vibe...

Incredible photos, Manufrance always had many weapons in their incredibly extensive catalogues, always an interesting read....

...840 pages in the 1910 edition!

 

[New Mexico Brant]

I don't believe so, however these companies all manufactured Springfield M1 carbines. Aside from Winchester, none of them were firearm manufacturers prior to this.

General Motors, Winchester, Irwin-Pedersen, Underwood Elliot Fisher, National Postal Meter, Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp., International Business Machines, Standard Products, Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation, Commercial Controls Corporation.

Is there any evidence Winchester ever manufactured a single bicycle? Some may have been badged as such during the 1890's boom but I cannot find a single reference that the company physically built bicycles. The 20's - 30's Winchester badges are strange too; why do these badges deviate from the classically known Winchester "W" icon? Even when they sometimes used a deviant W they would still include their full name in their iconic font with the word trademark. Does anyone have a catalog, advertisement, or trade journal that mentions Winchester Arms Co. and bicycles? It is certainly possible during the 20's, when they were struggling to survive their WW1 over expansion, bicycles were bought and badged by the company. During their association with E.C. Simmons and Winchester's attempt to offer a full line of consumer goods there certainly must be a catalog that would show bicycles if they were sold under their brand name? Have we seen a single advertisement mentioning "Winchester Arms Co." and bicycles (not just the name Winchester)?

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[Schwinn Sales West]

BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) and Royal Enfield were two I can think of.

Opps,,,,,,I stand corrected on BSA it was Birmingham, not British. I never did like the Whitworth thing, I believe that's why they invented crescent wrenches.

John

 

[Cooper S.]

Bendix put forward a submission for the M1 carbine trials during ww2, although it was unsuccessful. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/light-rifle-program/hyde-carbine/

 

[frampton]

I have a Browning bicycle.

 

[Rusty McNickel]

Not too far off topic.... I saw this IJ bag on ebay a while ago and was of the opinion that it was in fact not a "holster" as the seller was stating but a conventional, albeit beautiful example, TOC bicycle bag.

While you certainly could place a revolver inside of it, though it does seem a bit thin for that, I do not believe it is specifically intended for firearm use.

What do you firearms and bicycle people think? And should we let him know he's asking too much for this bicycle bag?

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[Dra]

For that kind of coin it should have a pistol in it