6 Peerless (The Old Knickerbocker Improved)" without cocking indicators were made c.
6 Knickerbocker" with the earlier 'V-shaped main springs'. 8 (Damascus) were listed from 1904 to about 1910, then the "Knickerbocker Improved" with coil spring locks until about 1916.Ĭatalog No. Small bore hammer doubles were made between 19: It is likely that production was much less toward the end of the series. In 1924 they were called "Crescent Fire Arms Co." guns. 2 with "Genuine Twist Barrels, specially bored for Smokeless or Black Powder." 1915 labeled the hammer double "American Gun Co., Machine Made Hammer Gun". The Model 0 (Armory Steel), 2 (Twist) & 3 (Damascus) Hammer Double was introduced in 1897 and the Model 0 remained in production until about 1931 with serial numbers from 001 to 630,000 or about 18,500 per year.Įarly models were marked "H&D FOLSOM ARMS CO. These numbers also apply to the hundreds of Tradename guns produced by Crescent and sold by Folsom. Total production numbers are based on Vorisek's estimates, and yearly estimates do not take into account the fluctuations in production after the "Panic of 1907", the flood of cheap Belgian imports after repeal of the McKinley Tariff in 1912, during the First World War, or after the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Vorisek's estimated Dates of Manufacture were published in The Breech Loading Shotgun In America 1865 to 1940, but appears to contains errors in the production dates for the various named Hammerless Double models based on available H&D Folsom catalogs which, for the most part, were numbered but not dated. production records do not exist, and are believed to have been destroyed as part of World War II paper drives following the dissolution of Crescent-Davis Arms Corporation, Norwich, Conn. Shotgun Dates of ProductionĬrescent Fire Arms Co. If you would like to have a tradename gun identified, please start a separate thread, document the name exactly as it appears on the sideplate, and post full size up close images like thisĬrescent Fire Arms Co. Stevens, Iver Johnson or in Belgium (but will carry Belgian proof marks).
PLEASE NOTE: THE SAME TRADE NAMES may be found on single and double barrel shotguns manufactured by Crescent, Savage Arms, Harrington & Richardson, W.H. Who made Crescent Shotguns? | Shotgun Forum ()Ī partial list of tradename guns from the H&D Folsom Catalog No.
Information regarding H&D Folsom, Crescent Fire Arms Co., and the many tradename guns they produced and marketed may be found on the links belowĬrescent Fire Arms information courtesy of Pete Mikalajunas
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