Need Help Identifying 12 gauge Double Barrel

Zzeke · May 30, 2020, 02:47 PM

I need help identifying this old 12 gauge double barrel shotgun. it has spent the last five decades or more in my friend's dark damp attic. It is in poor shape. One hammer & trigger are frozen. the otherside actually works nicely. All the joints are loose. I can find no markings on the gun. Can anyone identify it from the photo?

10-96 · May 30, 2020, 03:56 PM

If you break it open, are there any marks on the receiver flats beneath the barrels? There's almost always marks on there somewhere if it hasn't been scrubbed or home made.

big al hunter · May 30, 2020, 04:36 PM

Pull the wood off. Sometimes they marked it on the bottom of the barrels where it is hidden by the forestock.

Zzeke · May 30, 2020, 05:42 PM

Okay, I'll take it apart and see what I can find. Thanks!

Drm50 · June 5, 2020, 05:47 PM

That gun comes from a period when a lot of SxS wire twist guns were coming in from Belgium. Some were branded for retailers. It looks a lot like a Dumulin to me.

Remington74 · June 5, 2020, 09:18 PM

I understand a lot of contract guns for various stores were made by Crescent Firearms Company. I don't know if they were marked in any way to identify them.

May 30, 2020, 03:56 PM	#2
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	If you break it open, are there any marks on the receiver flats beneath the barrels? There's almost always marks on there somewhere if it hasn't been scrubbed or home made. __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

May 30, 2020, 04:36 PM	#3
big al hunter Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2011 Location: Washington state Posts: 1,558	Pull the wood off. Sometimes they marked it on the bottom of the barrels where it is hidden by the forestock. __________________ You can't fix stupid....however ignorance can be cured through education!

May 30, 2020, 05:42 PM	#4
Zzeke Member Join Date: April 26, 2020 Location: Coast of Maine Posts: 37	Okay, I'll take it apart and see what I can find. Thanks! __________________ "If you ever shoot a bad guy with that 9mm and he finds out about it, he's going to be pissed."

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June 5, 2020, 05:47 PM	#5
Drm50 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2014 Posts: 1,377	That gun comes from a period when a lot of SxS wire twist guns were coming in from Belgium. Some were branded for retailers. It looks a lot like a Dumulin to me.

June 5, 2020, 09:18 PM	#6
Remington74 Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2012 Location: Carthage, NY Posts: 231	I understand a lot of contract guns for various stores were made by Crescent Firearms Company. I don't know if they were marked in any way to identify them.