Manufactured by Meriden Fire Arms Co, 1905-1915, for Sears Roebuck & Co.
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.
your model 1897 shotgun was made in 1937.
No. What would the company that produced the finest American double barrel shotgun want with a utilitarian import?
nitro hunter shotgun single barrel with exposed hammer stamped belknap hdwre and mfg serial 5516
SINGLE? external hammer? The other is not missing? If this is a double it could be one of several models sometimes determined by the serial no because of quantity made but otherwise a good description is needed. Remington did not make a single external hammer shotgun. If you think this is incorrect send me mail/picture hit the service desk at the Remington Society of America and mail comes to me. http://remingtonsociety.com
I would have to do some searching to verify this, but I don't believe Stevens ever made a shotgun using percussion caps.
It has a visible hammer (or two).
I have my 12 guage shotgun with hammer and lever with serial no. 15143 Company EM Reilly and co Oxford Street london, i have kept it for my self defense, now i want to know present value of this shotgun and history of the same gun.
if it is the 1878 hammer shotgun made about 1886
Depends on what your shotgun is. If you have one of the older hammered shotguns (exposed hammer), you can decock them the same way you would any other firearm with an exposed hammer - you gently lower the hammer with your thumb. If you have a shotgun which doesn't have an exposed hammer, your only feasible way of going about this is to empty the magazine, be especially certain to ensure that the chamber is empty, and pull the trigger.
in good shape they sell for about$300 to $500,open hammer pump shotgun
Early nineteen hundreds would be an accurate guess, I believe.