No published history known.
cresant arms
Hunter Arms
Western Arms was a division of Ithaca. These guns were manufactured between 1929 and 1946.
American Arms imported Spanish shotguns manufactured by Zabala Hermanos, Lanber, and Indesal. Italian shotguns were also imported and mfg. by Stefano Fausti (Models Silver, Waterfowl, and Turkey Special).
Savage Arms is the manufacturer of Springfield Shotguns.
It was a corporation, so it was owned by the stockholders, and manufactured guns in Silver Creek, New York.
Delphian Arms Co shotguns distributed H&D Folsom Sporting Goods were either manufactured by Crescent Arms Co (Norwich, CN, 1892-1931) or imported from Belgium. The same name was also used by Supplee-Biddle Hardware on Fulton Model shotguns manufactured by Hunter Arms Co. (Fulton, NY, 1890-1945).
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George Worthington was a hardware store in Cleveland, Ohio, from about 1890 to 1935. Single barrel shotguns were marked with his name by Crescent Arms Co and double barrel shotguns by J. Stevens Arms Co.
Central Arms shotguns were made by several manufacturers, but that patent date says J Stevens Arms and Tool Co.
Springfield Arms shotguns were manufactured by the Stevens division of Savage Arms from 1920 to 1948.