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Manufrance Rapid
The Manufrance Rapid is a French pump action shotgun, produced by Manufacture Française d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne (Manufrance). Its desighn based on the Remington 870, with an aluminum receiver. It was produced from 1958 to at least until 1980 (information on the end of production is differ). In the USA it was sold during the 1970s as "La Salle Riot Gun" and later sold imported by F.I.E. Its other famous names in the American market were Stoeger N° 7, H&R 440, Marlin Premier, Kodiak #458.
The semi-auto variant of Manufrance Rapid, designated as Manufrance Perfex, where also produced from 1961 (with many interchangeable parts with Rapid).
Specifications
(1958 - cca. 1982)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 12 Gauge, 16 Gauge
- Capacity: 4-round, 7-round with extended tube
- Fire Modes: Single shot (pump-action)
The Manufrance Rapid shotgun has appeared in the following films and television series used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Racket | Orso Maria Guerrini | Gianni Rossetti | with extended magazine tube | 1976 |
| The Big Racket | Fabio Testi | Nico Palmieri | with extended magazine tube | 1976 |
| Hunter Will Get You | A henchman | Sawn-off | 1976 | |
| The Taming of the Scoundrel (Il bisbetico domato) | A hunter | with extended magazine tube | 1980 | |
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) | Paolo Villaggio | Giandomenico Fracchia | with extended magazine tube | 1981 |
| Man on Fire | Conti's henchman | with extended magazine tube & pistol grip | 1987 | |
| Man on Fire | Seen in Sandri's hideout, with extended magazine tube | 1987 | ||
| Water Thieves (Pohititeli vody) | Seen on the table, with extended magazine tube | 1992 | ||
| The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) | Seen in the Borgnoli's guns collection | 2004 | ||
| Mesrine: Killer Instinct | Vincent Cassel | Jacques Mesrine | Sawn-off | 2008 |
| From Paris With Love | A gunman | Sawn-off | 2010 |