Ephraim Kibbey
Member
This GB auction caught my attention:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Item/703410542
It is for a cased Paterson reproduction with the double interlocking diamonds logo of the brothers Mainardi. It has date code XX7 for 1971.
I have a cased RA, Marietta, Ohio Paterson coded XXVI for 1970 which is marked MOFRA for de Mainardi Officina Fabrica Replica Armi or by Mainardi Official Manufacturer of Replica Arms.
I did not pay $950 for mine!
The story goes that when the first Mainardi was joined by his brother, they created the two Diamond logo and called their company Euromanufacture (not Euroarms) as per the name on the cased accessories.
This coincidence points to the 1970/71 years as the beginning of Euromanufacture and the end of MOFRA.
To finish the story, Euromanufacture was bought out by Palmetto circa 1980.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Item/703410542
It is for a cased Paterson reproduction with the double interlocking diamonds logo of the brothers Mainardi. It has date code XX7 for 1971.
I have a cased RA, Marietta, Ohio Paterson coded XXVI for 1970 which is marked MOFRA for de Mainardi Officina Fabrica Replica Armi or by Mainardi Official Manufacturer of Replica Arms.
I did not pay $950 for mine!
The story goes that when the first Mainardi was joined by his brother, they created the two Diamond logo and called their company Euromanufacture (not Euroarms) as per the name on the cased accessories.
This coincidence points to the 1970/71 years as the beginning of Euromanufacture and the end of MOFRA.
To finish the story, Euromanufacture was bought out by Palmetto circa 1980.