Shotguns

Less than $200.

With the gun closed, grasp the front end of the forearm and pull it away from the barrel. Depending on the condition of the retaining spring and pin, this could take some effort. Once the forearm is removed, grasp the barrel in the left hand and the grip area in the right (with your right hand as though you are holding it as to shoot it). With the right thumb, move the release lever to the right so that the gun will break open. Now the barrel will come off completely and you are ready to clean. If you are in need of further breakdown, seek the help of a local competent gunsmith.

Made by Crescent Fire Arms Co, 1893-1932. Worth $150-$250 depending on condition.

The current Barrett Firearms does not make a double shotgun. Exactly how is your gun marked?

In my experience it's not quite as reliable, since the recoil action (requiring the entire barrel to reciprocate along with the bolt) is much more sensitive to differences in load. It also takes more time to cycle than a modern design would. That said, if it's in good shape and the load has enough kick, it should work just fine.

I paid $185.00 for mine because it is very attractive, good looking stock and other furnature. I bought the gun 7 years ago.

1940's-1950s.

Stevens made jc Higgins shotguns ,the model 311 interchanges with the jc Higgins

Made between the early 1920s and 1940s by Stevens for Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Co. $150-$250, depending on condition.

Not likely to find one. Serial numbers weren't required on long arms until 1969 and this gun was made by Anciens Etablissment Pieper around 1910.

Manufactured sometime between 1948 and 1991 and worth $25 to $125, depending on condition.

50 years is not old for a firearm, and these are not collector's items by any stretch of the imagination, so they are worth about as much as any other utility pump shotgun, $100-$150. The Sears recall is no longer in effect and was probably not necessary in the first place. The guns are identical to High Standard or Harrington and Richardson shotguns which were never recalled.

Manufactured for Belknap Hardware by several different companies between 1890 and the mid 1940s. Additional markings may determine which company and may narrow the range of possible dates. Value will be less than $75.

$50 - $125, depending on condition.

There are serial number lists for many Winchester models in the back of The Blue Book of Gun Values as well as several websites. Look for a link on www.antiqueguns.com

There's not much information about any particular Crescent firearm, but the company operated from 1892 to 1932 as a subsidiary of H&D Folsom Sporting Goods. The company produced millions of single and double barrel shotguns with over 100 different trade names. Crescent was purchased by the Stevens division of Savage Arms and merged with another purchased company as Crescent-Davis for a few years and then disappeared into the Stevens operation.

Savage guns were manufactured in Chicopee Falls from 1946 to 1960. A 410 single shot could bring from $75 to $150.

Most utility double barrel shotguns will bring $150-$250, depending on condition, but if you really have an 18 gauge, you may be able to find someone willing to pay double for the novelty, or only half as much because ammunition is unavailable.

Use the Answers.com search engine. I'm sure it will turn up one on one of the online auctions.

Tell us a little more. Sears sold a lot of different shotguns and a serial number will not identify it.

Crescent Arms was located in Norwich, Connecticut, from 1892 until 1932. The company was owned by H&D Folsom Sporting Goods of New York from 1893 until 1931 when it was purchased by Stevens/Savage. Although your gun may be priceless to you as a family heirloom, it is not a rare collectible and a similar shotgun new with a warrantee can be purchased for less than $100, so it is worth very little.

$50-$100, depending on exact manufacturer and condition.

It is worth $75 to $150, $200.00 if it is mint condition.

it 's probably a baker model built around 1888. pbl