No it endin 1930
Crescent Fire Arms, Norwich, Connecticut.
Yes
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...........
Yes, they made it.
Crescent was formed in 1892 and purchased by H&D Folsom Sporting Goods in 1893. It operated as Crescent Fire Arms until 1931 when the company was purchased by the Stevens Division of Savage Arms. The name was used on Crescent models manufactured by Stevens until about 1935.
AFAIK, there is no published sn data on Crescent Arms.
Never did exist. It's a hardware store brand name on guns made by Crescent Fire Arms, Meriden, CT. or Janssen Fils & Co in Belgium.
Manufactured by Crescent Fire Arms, sold by Montgomery Ward.
HOWARD ARMS CO. Tradename on shotguns used by Fred Bifflar & Company of Chicago, Illinois, made by Crescent Fire Arms Company. I would expect that the same hardware store would have used the same tradename on handguns which were probably made by the same company. Unfortunately, both are long out of business but Crescent was purchased by Stevens which was purchased by Savage Arms, so someone at savagearms.com may be able to tell you something. A little additional research found an answer on Ron Gabel's site that says Meriden Arms made the Howard Arms revolvers. The only dates I can find for Fred Bifflar are 1870-1890, but it may have started earlier and must have ended later. Crescent was established in 1892 and Meriden Arms didn't exist until 1905 and I find several references connecting these two companies with Bifflar retail business.
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 Co. and Crescent-Davis Arms Corp. They made the gun with only Smithsonian stamped on it in both single & double barrel and in several gauges
Palmetto shot guns were made by Crescent Fire Arms Co. Crescent made firearms for many different companies and gun outlets. Crescent made a decent gun...............