Originally Posted By: Geo. Newbern
You know, Victor Sarasqueta was born in 1864: <http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Sarasqueta_Suinaga>

If he opened his namesake gun business in 1883 he'd have been 19. I think it more likely that the 1883 date Wieland was given by the Sarasqueta family must have been the year he started in the business as his older brother's apprentice rather than when he started his own business. That just makes more sense...Geo

Hi George,

I don't know either, that's why I asked Kyrie for the source of his info. I'm sure Wieland did his research. Wieland stated, " Victor Sarasqueta was a descendant of the Eibar brothers. He apprenticed as a gunsmith and in 1883, went into partnership (albeit briefly) with a Senor Cortabarria. Together they formed a company called Manufacturera Mecanica Eibarresa. When Sr. Cortabarria took his leave shortly afterward, the company name became Victor Sarasqueta, S.A. The original shop was in Eibar's Calle Grabadores, or Street of the Engravers, and from the beginning Victor Sarasqueta made all types of guns. The mainstay was side by side doubles, but he also built single shots and rifles." Spanish Best, by Terry Wieland, pg. 33.

Anyway, I'm moving on.

Tim