February 26, 2012, 02:54 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: February 25, 2012
Posts: 7
|
Shotgun Id help
On the advise of another member I'm posting this here. any help is greatly apriciated.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480371 |
February 26, 2012, 03:24 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 13, 2006
Location: Washington state
Posts: 15,248
|
That shotgun has obviously seen some rather extensive use. It is an old underlever shotgun, possibly 1880 to 1890s. Underlever shotguns never fared well in the US, we use mostly top lever guns, but there were some made in the the US during that period.
__________________
Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services |
February 26, 2012, 08:55 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: September 19, 2008
Posts: 4,678
|
Your shotgun
IMO looks a lot like this ca.1880's Belgian-made J. Livingstone underlever back-action hammergun They're certtainly of a very similar, and not often seen, pattern. . |
February 27, 2012, 06:08 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 23, 2001
Location: People's Republic of Kanada
Posts: 1,652
|
If this shotgun was made in Europe (which is likely for an underlever), there should be a series of proofmarks on the bottoms of the chambers; the smaller secondary underlever should spin in the opposite direction to let you take the barrels off, and if you can take some pictures of any of those marks, you'll probably get some more information.
__________________
Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936. |
February 27, 2012, 10:20 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 25, 2001
Location: Alabama
Posts: 18,539
|
I have a couple of old catalog reprints, you might be interested to know that a shotgun like that cost $7.00 in 1901. Conventional toplever hammer guns were $7.45 for a cheap import on up, with the Sears house brand starting at $10.95 and a Remington for $21.00.
|
|
|