You have an old Crescent Firearms Co. "Trade Brand Named" gun. Crescent made double guns in Norwich, CT for 40 years, 1892 thru 1931. Many early retailers(Sears, Wards, Penneys) as well as small hardware companies contracted with Crescent for double guns. If the gun coming off the line wasn't for one of those contracts it got the American Gun Co. roll marks and was wholesaled or retailed thru H.D. Folsom of New York(Folsom owned the Crescent works). Pre-war the exposed hammer guns came in 5 grades and were priced from $12 to $16. The hammerless doubles were marketed as "Knickerbockers" and came in 3 grades $25, $27, and $30.JSThane wrote:I've got a .410 double-gun as well, and it's a hoot. I haven't hunted or shot trap/skeet/clays with it, but it's a right handy "snake gun" to keep around.
Me being me, I had to be different, and a couple years ago, found "my" .410 double-gun. It's an ancient shotgun, sidelock, external hammers, double trigger, and just barely this side of the age of fluid steel barrels. The only real marking left on it is a barely-legible "American Gun" "New York" on the left sideplate. Adding to that, the wood's beat up, there's zero bluing, and the action's so loose I had to shim the foreend to reduce the "barrel wobble."
I got it for about 50 bucks.It works, so I got my money's worth.
I do have to say, the other shotguns posted are much prettier than mine.
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- Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:45 pm
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