I am not sure, but most of what I have read on the net leads me to believe that Marlin made National fire arms designs after National fire arms closed down. I have a National Fire arms 12 ga. pump, and it has absolutely no markings that indicate marlin had anything to do with it.
Slide action shotguns with the name CHICAGO ARMS CO were made by the Marlin Fire Arms Company for and were sold by either the Fred Biffar & Co or Sears Roebuck & Co both of Chicago,IL. The gun is the same as Marlin Model 26A. Do not attempt to shoot this gun!!! Marlin has put out a company bulletin advising that these old Marlin slide action shotguns are not safe to shoot.
Brophy's book on Marlin History has sn information.
I believe they do, along with Marlin Fire Arms
Some of them were Crescent. This was the name of a manufacturer in Baltimore c. 1898, a dealer in New Orleans c. 1920, and a trade name on guns by Crescent, Hopkins & Allen, Henri Pieper, Marlin, Dumoulin and probably others. In addition, National Arms & Ammunition Co was an English gun maker c. 1873-1896 and National Fire Arms Co was a US maker c. 1866 and a trade name used on some Stevens model 235's.
85 years
This name was put on shotguns by Crescent Fire Arms Co, Davis-Warner Arms Corp., and also by at least one unidentified Belgian maker for Spear and Company.
Both Winchester and Marlin made "trade name" guns for others. National Fire Arms appears under both names in my references, including one very much like the Winchester 1897.
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yes.
Cornell Firearms Company was a trade name used by Hopkins and Allen Arms Company on hammerless shotguns. They made these shotguns from 1902 to 1916.
ESSEX Tradename used by Belknap Hardware Company of Louisville, Kentucky on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company. ESSEX Tradename used by J. Stevens Arms Company on rifles and shotguns.
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