i have a 20ga. double barrel side by side 27 3/4 in. barrel has damas extra fin on barrel. the only other stamping is CAL STALB V1 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS VERY MUCH DON
$150 to 200 bucks is about it.
What is a Falcon Arms double barrel Hammerlock shotgun 20646 made with belgium laminated steel worth?
I have the same. It reads Daminated Steel on the rib. It has Belgian makers marks with the gunsmith mark being a crown over JJ. Very little info available but it was a play on Damascus and Laminated. Probably ill advised to fire it.
This is a method used to make shotgun barrels in the 1800's and early 1900's. Wires or thin steel strips were wrapped around a mandrel and hammer-welded. Belgian laminated would be one of the least expensive types of laminated barrels.
10-100 usd
No published sn data
Look up Henri Pieper or John Buckinghgam shotguns on the Internet he was a prolific gun maker in the mid 1800s in Liege Belgium and the Buckingham was one of his better efforts. Pieper's son Nickolas was also a gun maker of early auto hand guns. also look up Ferdinand Hanquet his fam also made sporting an military guns in the same place
To find hammers for old rabbit ear shotguns check with Dixie Gun Works
Antiques roadshow.
Belgium is the country of origin, not a brand. Innumerable old damascus barreled shotguns were made in Belgium and imported into the US before and after the turn of the century. These were generally low cost shotguns, of no current collector value (better guns identify the manufacturer). If the Damascus pattern is pretty, and the receiver still has case colors, it may have some value as a wall hanger. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIRE IT! Damascus steel cannot withstand the pressures of modern smokeless powder. Even black powder should not be used unless the gun is fully examined by a very competent gunsmith.
Whatever a yuppie will pay for a mantle decoration. Probably $150-$200. Laminated barrels are not considered safe for use with modern ammunition.
The use of damascus barrels on guns began to decrease pretty rapidly after 1900, although they were still fairly common up until the start of WWI. If you have a breech loading gun with damascus barrels it will probably date from 1875 - 1910. Most damascus barrels on U.S. guns seem to have actually made in Belgium. There is a lot of debate as to whether any damascus barrels for shotguns were actually made in the U.S. It seems likely there may have been small numbers produced in the U.S. However, Belgium had a large gunmaking trade at the time, with a lot of barrel makers specializing in damascus barrels, so it was generallly cheaper to import them than to make them.