Compeer Gun Company was a trade name owned by Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company, Indianapolis, Indianna. These guns could have been made anytime between 1892 and 1932.
Your shotgun was made by Crescent Fire Arms Company and store branded by Van Camp. 50-150 USD at the most.
Try the Blue Book of Gun Values.
Turn of the century or so
The Bridge Gun co. shotguns were made by the Crescent Fire Arms Company. You can try for parts at: Numrich gunpartscorp.com Jack First jackfirstgun.com Bob's Gun Shop gun-parts.com
American Gun Company was one of over a hundred names used on Crescent firearms. Crescent was in business 1888-1931. Most of their double shotguns seem to date from 1900-1930. There are simply no production records.
Yes. Trade name used by Crescent for a shotgun they made.
THey were made by crescent firearm company.
There were two makers of Mass. Arms Co. shotguns, Stevens Arms & Tool Company and Crescent Fire Arms Company. If the gun was made by Crescent it was made before 1915 and if by Stevens it was made after 1920. A quick way to identify the maker is to look at the butt stock where it joins the frame. A Crescent made gun will have a smooth joint. A Stevens made gun will have a small semicircluar projection in the wood. The guns were made for and sold by Blish & Stillingham Hardware Company of Atchenson,KS.
Bridge Gun Company never existed. It was a trade name used by Shapleigh Hardware of St Louis on guns made by Crescent, Harrington & Richardson, Stevens, and several Belgian gun makers. The last gun with this name was probably made about 50 years before there was an internet.
H&D Folsom Co: large distributor for shotguns made by the Crescent Co. around 1930. Now it gets confusing. Crescent used over 100 different names and manufactures to make guns. American Gun made the H&D Folsom (House Brand) Shotguns under the Crescent contract. Get a hold of "standard catalog of firearms 18th edition" go to page 350 and start reading.
Palmetto shot guns were made by Crescent Fire Arms Co. Crescent made firearms for many different companies and gun outlets. Crescent made a decent gun...............
You might try Numrich (e-gunparts.com). If your Knickerbocker was made by Crescent, they can probably help, but if you have a Belgian-made gun probably not.