The American Gun Co. was the name applied to many firearms made by the H & D Folsom/Crescent Arms Co. in the very late 1800's. This organization manufactured low cost firearms under a number of different names. You could actually buy the same firearm at three different stores with three different names on it.
These Folsom/Crescent made guns have very little collector value and in the various firearm pricing guides (which you can buy at most large book stores) they generally lump them all together (if they mention them at all) with a value of from $50 to $200 depending on condition, with the statement that you should have any one of them checked by a qualified gunsmith before shooting. I believe most of guns stamped American Gun Co. were designed in the late black powder or very early smokeless powder era and as such their safety with modern ammo. is suspect.
Well, it's worth more than one with the same markings in 12 or 16 gauge. If it is a single shot, that would be from $50 to $90 depending on condition. A double barrel would retail for $150-$250. If it is hammerless or has back hammers and fluid steel barrels, it MIGHT still be useable (have a good gunsmith check it before you try) or if it has side hammers or twist barrels it is a mantle decoration.
50-125 USD.
I bought mine for 2 hundred bucks
I have a circa 1874 W.W. Greener double barrel shotgun. It was made in Birmingham England. It has double hammers with nice engraving. Greener shotguns are still produced today but in limited numbers.
yes
Yes in 1860 Stevens made a double barrel, all steel barrel and its has external hammers.
Value seldom exceeds 100 USD
If you have an American Gun Company, New York then the gun is not stainless steel. It was made by Crescent Firearms Co. of Norwich, Conn and distributed by the H&D Folsom Co. They were produced with damascus barrels as well as fluid steel (solid) barrels of various lengths and chokes, with and without external hammers.
$150-$250, depending on condition (and how good it looks over a yuppie's fireplace)
80 years plus or minus...
Are the hammers on the back of the lock or on the sides? The first is probably a shooter worth $100 - $200 depending on condition. The second is a wall decoration with about the same value.
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What is the Value of my Crescent Fireams, 12 Gauge, Double Barrel, Curly Hammers......no serial number that I can find
No. What would the company that produced the finest American double barrel shotgun want with a utilitarian import?
50-150 USD depending on condition.
Yes. I just inherited a 12 gauge double-barrel with twin curled hammers. (I'm actually going to have them appraised.)
Recently purchased 10 gauge side x side black power shotgun. Has double external hammers and double triggers. Stamped on top between barrels in front of hammers is WN More + Co. Superior Quality. Any information would be helpfull. Thanks