Little value, inexpensive, made @ turn of the century
Norwich Ct.
10-500 usd
Blue Book of Gun Values
You can find a brief history of Warner Arms Co in The Standard Catalog of Firearms or other reference books.
Around 1892 Crescent firearms manufactured shotguns under a variety of names. In 1930 H & D Folsom Arms sold their Crescent Fire Arms company to Savage Arms and Savage combined Crescent with Davis Warner Arms Corp., as Crescent-Davis Arms Corporation. Your shotguns value, in good condition, is about $150.
Crescent Fire Arms, Norwich, Connecticut.
Made between 1902 and 1910. Value would be under $100.
Warner Arms Corporation, Brooklyn, NY and Norwich, Ct. Established in 1912, this company marketed firearms made for them by "OTHER COMPANIES". These companies included N.R. Davis & Sons, Ithaca Gun Company, Iver Johnson, Harrington & Richardson and Forehand & Wadsworth etc. In 1917 the company was purchased by N.R. Davis & Company. Please note that your revolver is NOT a .38 Special, but uses the .38 S&W cartridge.
want to know where the wedgeway arms company was and what one of their single shot shotguns would be worth
This was a trade name sold by Belknap Hardware. Manufacturers included Crescent Fire Arms, Crescent-Davis Arms, Davis-Warner Arms, Iver Johnson, and J. Stevens A&T Co.
There isn't going to be any, unless you find an old catalog. The NR Davis Gun Co bought the Warner Gun Co in 1917 and began producing guns marked Davis Warner Arms Co. Shortly after, the Crescent Firearms Co bought the company and produced guns under that name from parts already manufactured, until Crescent was bought by Stevens Arms.
Farwell Arms Co: Hammer and Hammerless sidelock guns made by Crescent Fire Arms Co for Farwell, Ozmun & kirk of St Paul, MN. Crestcent Fire Arms co: In 1888 George Cilley bought out the defunct Bacon Arms Co of Conn. He then formed the Crescent Fire Arms Co. Crescent made fire arms for many dealers. In 1932 the city of Norwich, Conn took over the Crescent proerty for back taxes...........