Can anyone advise me. I currently restoring a black powder 12 bore shotgun one of the the hammers is missing. The gun is circa 1860 Naylor & son Sheffield. Any advice would be welcome. many thanks.
Dan.
50-100 USD or so
$150 to $250, depending on how good it looks over the fireplace since this old timer probably isn't suitable for a field gun anymore.
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Yes. Go to lcsmith.org . There is more info there than you could possibly ever remember.
What do you want to know? How much is a W. Moore Double Barrell with Hammers worth.Really OLD?
manufacturing turned toward internal hammers about 1870 just about the same time the transition from twist to fluid steel barrels appeared. keep in mind that side hammers still appeared on center fire shotguns using brass cased shotgun shells that first appeared about 1860. if it is a percussion cap shotgun its probably pre 1860.
I have a Old W. Moore Double Barrell Shotgun 8 ga. with Hammers. 850-742-0288 Don OR 870-565-5985 Larry
80 years plus or minus...
12 gauge double barrel dual hammers on top serial #370943,how old is it,will it be safe to shoot
94 years old, +/- 20. If twist steel barrels and side hammers, more likely (but not absolutely) prior to WWI. If fluid steel and a boxlock (back hammers or hammerless) ALMOST certainly after c. 1905.
@ turn of the century, 50-100 USD
@ late 1800's/early 1900's