Early to mid 1900's
Cresent Arms was bought by H&D Folson Arms Co. NY. Then in 1930 it merged with Davis Warner Arms Co. and became Cresent-Davis Arms Corporation. Cresent-Davis was then bought out in 1932 by Stevens Arms Co.
The New York Arms Co. was a name applied to firearms made by the H & D Folsom/Crescent Arms Co. This organization, Folsom/Cresent Arms, manufactured low cost firearms under a number of different names. You could actually buy the same firearm at a number of different stores with different names on it. H & D Folsom ( of New York, N. Y.) imported low cost firearms and distributed them under various names. Cresent Arms (a manufacture of low cost firearms) of Norwich, Conn. was acquired by the Folsom Co. to be ther manufacturing division. As all the records of this originazation have been long since lost or destroyed it is difficult to tell if the New York Arms trade name was from H & D Folsom (imported) of Cresent Arms ( made in Conn.).
Stanley firearms was a name applied to firearms imported from Belgian by the H & D Folsom Arms Co. of New York, N.Y.. The Folsom Arms Co. imported & or manufactured low cost firearms under a number of different names. You could actually buy the same firearm at a number of different stores with different names on it. Cresent Arms (a manufacture of low cost firearms) of Norwich, Conn. was acquired by the Folsom Arms Co. to be ther manufacturing division. As all the records of this originazation ( Folsom/ Cresent) have been long since lost or destroyed. Your search for more imfo. is going to be a tough one. Good luck!
Meriden Firearms Co. was created in 1905.
Is their any such firearms co. by the name of Howard Arms
Cresent made guns under a variety of names
Marlin Firearms Co. was founded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1870 by John Mahlon Marlin, who had worked for the Colt's Patent Firearms Co. during the Civil War.
all western style firearms are imported from A. Uberti
They did not make firearms. They contracted with makers of firearms to put their name on the firearms they bought.
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