SOUNDS LIKE AN EARLY 1900'S PISTOL, 32 OR 38 CAL, $75 IF CLEAN
Iverjohnsoncollector.com used to have sn data.
"Worlds Fair" was a trade name used by Hopkins & Allen of Norwich, Ct. on shotguns between 1902 & 1914. H&A went out of business in 1916.
Blue Book of Gun Values
If the shotgun is marked Hopkins and Allen Manufacturing Company, Norwich Conn. it was made between circa 1880-1885 and 1898. If marked Hopkins and Allen Arms Company, it was manufactured between 1898 and 1915. No records are available to give a more exact date of manufacture.
50-200 US dollars.
Tractor serial number stamped on instrument panel name plate, Engine serial number stamped on side of engine.
The serial number is stamped on the bottom of the receiver.
You need to provide the serial number
Serial # 23798. Case stamped 14kgold. Movement stamped 19 jewels 982. Watch still works.
The Hopkins & Allen 832 was chambered in .32 RinFire Short.
Most F&Ws that HAD a serial number had it stamped on the butt- and stamped on the rear of the cylinder. LEGALLY, the one on the butt is the serial number. Many older guns did not have serial numbers, especially lower cost guns.
Inexpensive, working man's shotgun from @turn of the century plus or minus a decade or two