it was a child's first gun. one in excellent condition is probably woth $100.00
Massachusetts Arms Company: Trade name used by J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company on firearms for Blish, Mizet and Silliman Hardware Company of Atchinson, KS. The name is also attributed to Crescent Firearms, but a single shot with a Chicopee Falls address is almost certainly a Stevens.
Riverside Arms Company in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts made and sold guns and ammunition to customers. The US Pat Feb 10, 1914 refers to a firearm that was produced by the company.
1929, yr. made is also model
savage arms company was located in chicopee falls mass. from 1946-1960.
patented Dec. 11. 1900 probably a Stevens modelAnswerThe date mentioned in the first response is indeed a J. Stevens patent. Shotgun Markings says that Massachusetts Arms single shotguns by Stevens were made "1920 and later". If that date does not belong with the gun in the original question, the REAL Massachusetts Arms Company made a few shotguns in Chicopee Falls between 1860 and 1893. These would have an unusual tip-up action and look a bit odd when compared to a modern single shot top-break.
1946-1959. sales@countrygunsmith.net
'Nintendo' is a company name, and also their registered trademark, it is not something that can be patented.
== == One is for sale at the Red Mill antiques in Bloomsburg, PA for $198. (07/29/2006)
Massachusetts bay company
This is another of the store names that were used by The Cresent firearms Company,of which is the maker of your shotgun.These shotguns range in price from 45-120 dollars on today,s market dependin on overall condition.
Massachusetts Arms Company was created in 1849.
You posted this under the Iver Johnson topic and that company made a lot of revolvers in Fitchburg, which isn't far from Chicopee Falls. The only arms maker I find in Chicopee is Stevens, but I have no records of a Stevens revolver. Are you sure it is not a tip-up pistol?