Later still, the Seytres company built Colt inspired pistols in 9mm Parabellum (Luger) and in 7.63 Mauser for the civilian market under the brand name of UNION-FRANCE.

The results of these trials are described in part three of this article. There were two models with unlocked breach similar to the Spanish STAR and one locked breach similar to the 1911 Colt. Etchebum (Assembly operations).Īt the time, daily production was around 50 pistols in 7.65 French Long in order to participate to the French army trials of 1933. Seytres hired part of its personnel, including two Spanish foremen: Mr. The company seemed to be doing well since, following the fire that destroyed gun maker Societe d’Armes et de mecanique Generale of the city of Louhans, mr. Upon examination of a Seytres manufactured pistol, is obvious that the manufacturing was of very high standard and this had led the administration and certain organizations to equip their personnel with this pistol. This manufacturer (UNION), nonetheless brought improvements as evidenced by the numerous patents that we have discovered. This type of weapon was very popular between the two World Wars and numerous French, Belgian and Spanish manufacturers were inspired by it. These pistols have numerous common points with the 1906 Browning. The first UNION pistols appeared around 1925 and production ceased a bit before WW2. His workshop was located at 17 Rue Denis Papin in St. The UNION pistols were developed by a gunsmith from Marseilles, Mr. Le copio un artículo que encontré en un foro francés donde distinguen las pistolas Unión españolas de las francesas. Ya ve con tres simples fotos lo que pueden dar de sí.

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