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continued to make Damascus barrel guns into the 1920s, and there are a handful of Damascus or Bernard barrel Parkers with such modern options as vent ribs and beavertail forearms. Most American shotgun manufacturers discontinued Twist, Laminated and Damascus barrels when WW-I cut off the supplies of the rough forged tubes to make the barrels from Belgium. 8 had 'Genuine Damascus' barrels and a list price of $23. 7 had 'Genuine Twist' steel barrels and listed at $20. 6 was the lowest priced Knickerbocker with Armory Steel barrels at $18. If you look close at the catalogue page I posted the first thing under the description is 'Specially bored for smokeless or black powder'. Winchester was providing factory loaded smokeless powder shells to selected shooters in 1893 and to the general public in 1894. Shotgunners being a rather hidebound lot, it took 15 years to begin to really catch on, but by 1891 Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Smokeless powder was developed in the 1870s, Wood smokeless powder for shotguns being introduced in 1876. The age of the gun would indicate that it was designed and made for black powder and lead shot loaded 2 1/2 inch long shot shells. Makes no difference if your barrel is split.
Twist steel would indicate a damascus barrel while a Armory Steel barrel would indicate a solid steel barrel.
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If you need parts dealers names and addresses, please feel free to ask. Since the barrel is split, I won't advise you not to attempt to shoot the gun. Not always, you just have to keep checking.
Parts and parts guns are sometimes listed on the various guns auction sites. So many of these guns were made that some parts (not all) that some parts can be found.The major gun parts dealers buy up old shotguns and break them up for the parts. That's not to say that there are no parts to be found. So there are no off the shelf parts available. Crescent Fire Arms went out of business in 1930. That was One hundred and fifteen years ago. Play with the numbers and your gun was made some time in November or December 1909. Divide that by 12 and that's approximately 2,333 gun a month. That's a total of approximately 28,000 gun for the year.
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The serial numbers for 1909 start with 140,000 in January and end with 168,000 in December. His work is an approximation but it's all we have and as stated the gun was made in 1909. Vorisek re-established the serial number-year made records as part of his research for his book 'The Breech Loading Shotgun In America 1865 to 1940. The late shotgun researcher and writer Mr. All records of the Crescent Fire Arms Company were lost or destroyed during a scrap paper drive in World War II. To add to Researcher's information about the gun being made in 1909.
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If you want to help get everyone an LAT model, it would be cool if you told me so I can update the list etc. I've made up lists of LAT models that are decent, need redoing, or need to be made. I'm not sure if there are better video tutorials out there, but I searched a little on youtube and couldn't find an actual tutorial.
#American gun co serial numbers serial number#
12 gauge Knickerbocker model cannot find a serial number one barrel says choke barrel the - Answered by a verified Firearms Expert We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Knickerbocker Sh - 2 3/4' chambers, full/full chokes, and 14' LOP. Instsvc.exe 8 sam broadcaster.īid on Lot #3166: Six Double Barrel Shotguns -A) American Gun Co. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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