These guns have not been produced in almost a hundred years. The only parts available are those cannabalized from donor guns. Parts such as screws and springs are easily made, stocks can be made, but other parts such as hammers would either have to be found (needle in a haystack) or cast from drawings. Becomes a very expensive project for a gun whose actual cash value does not hit $100. www.countrygunsmith.net
what the value of a will davenport single shot shotgun 1885 in good conditcion
1900-1930's or so.
Double barrel shotguns manufactured by Crescent Fire Arms and single shots by W.H. Davenport Firearms for Wallace hardware, Morristown, Indiana, c. 1900.
Made between 1902 and 1910. Value would be under $100.
I am seriously looking for one to buy and would also love to see a picture.
$14000 i think says jacko Scott $14000 i think says jacko Scott
There's a whole shelf of books on firearms in your library. Or you may find information on www.savagearms.com
There's not a lot of information available and most authors disagree on that. Carey's American Firearms Makers says the company was in Norwich Ct from 1855 to 1894 and made single shot percussion and metallic cartridge rifles. Vorisek's Shotgun Markings lists 4 different names, W.H. Davenport Firearms Company, W.H. Davenport Arms Company, Davenport Arms Company, and W.H. Davenport & Co., and gives dates from 1878 to 1910. The Standard Catalog says they made single barrel shotguns from 1880 to 1915 and single shot rifles from 1891 to 1910. Traister's Antique Guns says they made single shot and double barrel shotguns in Providence, RI. The Official Price Guide to Antique and Modern Firearms says single and double shotguns in Providence, 1880-1883, and Norwich, 1890-1900.
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Central Arms Company was a trade name used by the W.H. Davenport Firearms Company on shotguns made for the Shapleigh Hardware Company of St. Louis. MO.
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