@ turn of the century.
when was the carolina arms 16 gauge single barrel shotgun made
1942
Manufactured by Crescent Fire Arms, W.H. Davenport Arms Co, or J. Stevens Arms Co for Shapleigh Hardware Co, St Louis, Missouri, sometime between about 1890 and 1950.
George Worthington was a hardware store in Cleveland, Ohio, from about 1890 to 1935. Single barrel shotguns were marked with his name by Crescent Arms Co and double barrel shotguns by J. Stevens Arms Co.
it was given to me over 50 years ago
priceless
Try Numrich Arms
1837
I have not been able to find where these shotguns originated, but the reason I am replying is due to the fact that my finch arms 12ga. single barrel is also stamped with 200743
springfield arms is a subsidary company of crescent valley arms.had same problem with a double barrel 16ga.,it took 9mths to get little information from a expert on old firearms.best of luck with your search. correction to answer,should be crescent arms,notcresent valley arms.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ARMS CO was a tradename used by Shapleigh Hardware of St. Louis on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company, 1893-1930. A .410 would be unlikely to have been made by Crescent before WWI. 1903
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