Crescent Firearms

50-150 USD

Made in Connecticut between 1895 and 1910 by the Crescent Firearms Co and distributed to the hardware trade by HD Folsom. Value under $250.

Liege is the city in Belgium where it was made. Would need to know ALL the markings on the shotgun.

CS Shattuck was in operation from 1878 to 1908. I can't measure the bore from here, but it is probably a 12 gauge, but during that time range anything from 8 to 32 gauge is possible.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2700.html

Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.

This leading hardware dealership was the descendant of a Chicago store called Tuttle, Hibbard & Co., which took that name in 1855 when William G. Hibbard became a partner. In 1865, Hibbard was joined by Franklin F. Spencer, and the enterprise was renamed Hibbard & Spencer. By 1867, the company's annual sales of hardware had reached $1 million. When longtime company employee A. C. Bartlett became a partner in 1882, the company's name became Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett & Co. When Spencer died in 1890, the company was already among the leading wholesalers of hardware in the United States. In 1903, the year Hibbard died, the company opened a 10-story warehouse next to State Street Bridge in downtown Chicago. In 1932, the company introduced a new line of hand tools under the brand name "True Value." By 1948, Hibbard's annual sales reached nearly $30 million. Business slowed and profits were shrunk, however, as new hardware cooperatives began to bypass traditional wholesalers. In 1962, the company's owners, who wanted to move into the real-estate business, sold the hardware operations and the "True Value" brand to John Cotter for $2.5 million. See also True Value Hardware.

This entry is part of the Encyclopedia's Dictionary of Leading Chicago Businesses (1820-2000) that was prepared by Mark R. Wilson, with additional contributions from Steven R. Porter and Janice L. Reiff.

Apparently there are not even any paper records for Folsom firearms. One researcher claims they were donated to a WWII paper drive.

Both 'King Nitro' and 'Central Arms Co' are trademarks of the Shapleigh Hardware Co, which was a major catalog retailer from the late 1800's well into the 20th century. The shotguns marketed under that name were made for Shapleigh by different companies, notably Davenport Firearms, Crescent, Hopkins & Allen, and Stevens. We'd have to see the shotgun to determine which manufacturer actually made the shotgun. www.countrygunsmith.net

I own a Greenough dimascase forged barrel shotgun. I'm not familar with the stampted lam.

14 gauge shotgun shells have not been commercially available in the US since the 1920's and there probably hasn't been a gun chambered for them made since WWI. If you want to give a little more information - like all the writing and symbols found on the gun, I can probably tell you a bit more.

I don't know the answer but I also have a Kimel ind. Gun, Model 5000 32 Cal. seven shot revolver. Made by Kimel Industries in Matthews, North Carolina. ... Kimel Industries Inc. PO Box 335 Matthews, NC 28105 1-800-438-9288 ... opie.vistech.net/anarchy/WEAPONS/gundealr.lst - 34k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar

Could have been made any time from the early 1900's up to about 1960. The guns were made by Crescent, Harrington & Richardson, and Iver Johnson for sale by Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Value today is $35-$75, maybe $100+ if absolutely like new.

The Knickerbocker was made by Cresent, but under the Folsom House Brand. A great recourse for shotgun information can be found in a book called "The Golden Age of Shotgunning" by Bob Hinman. GK & Associates, LLC

CountryGunsmith@direcway.com has everything you need.

50 USD

It would be somewhere between 1893 and 1930.

Manufactured by Meriden Fire Arms Co, 1905-1915, for Sears Roebuck & Co.

See Single Shot Rifles and Actions by Frank de Haas, chapter 30 pages 193 to 196. This is an excellent book that covers several models of Rolling Block rifles . It is unfortunately out of print so you will need to locate a copy through a used book source such as abebooks.com, www.rollingblockparts.com, or on occassion Ebay.

200.00

==AJ Aubrey Shotguns== This is a toughie. The Standard catalog says they sell from $100 to $1500 and you should get a professional appraisal before buying or selling one. AJ Aubrey doubles were made for Sears by their subsidiary company, Meriden Fire Arms, of Meriden, CT, from 1905-1915. They came in five grades. Even the field grade guns were a cut above a normal hardware store trade name. Most in well-used condition but still fully functional will probably fall in the $150-$250 range, but a field grade gun in NRA Excellent condition could bring a bit more. If the gun has engraving and appears to have higher quality wood, you may have one of the better grades, and in Excellent condition these could reach that $1500 mark. So, really if you don't have a "best" or at least "better" gun in high condition, a true professional appraisal may cost you nearly as much as the gun will bring at auction.

try gunstock inc. they have them

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Manufactured by Harrington & Richardson very near that patent date.

This name was put on shotguns by Crescent Fire Arms Co, Davis-Warner Arms Corp., and also by at least one unidentified Belgian maker for Spear and Company.

If it is marked only Blue Grass, not Blue Grass Model 1900 or Bluegrass Arms Co, and is a hammer double, it was made by Hopkins & Allen Arms, 1896 to 1915, according to Vorisek's Shotgun Markings.

Manufactured by Crescent Fire Arms, sold by Montgomery Ward.