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Title: Double Barrel Shotgun Identification
Post by: keeponlookin on July 12, 2018, 02:13:36 PM: Could anyone help me identify the make and model of my grandfather's double barrel shotgun?
Title: Re: Double Barrel Shotgun Identification
Post by: Stacey Phetteplace on July 13, 2018, 08:28:00 AM: Can you take additional pictures of the receiver markings, with the light from different angles, and orient the photos to be landscape instead of portrait?
Title: Re: Double Barrel Shotgun Identification
Post by: Eric Warren on July 13, 2018, 09:40:51 AM: My first guess based on hammer shape and what I can read on the receiver "...Arms Co" would be a Hopkins & Allen Arms Co shotgun. You might Google them.

HTH
Title: Re: Double Barrel Shotgun Identification
Post by: Sean Daniel on July 13, 2018, 01:07:08 PM: My guess:

https://www.collectorebooks.com/gregg01/shotgun2/Lot-3181.htm (https://www.collectorebooks.com/gregg01/shotgun2/Lot-3181.htm)
Title: Re: Double Barrel Shotgun Identification
Post by: Cody Elder on July 13, 2018, 03:18:27 PM: Looks similar to shotguns made by Crescent Arms Co. It seems they manufactured shotguns under a bunch of different names. Based on your picture possibly Wolverine Arms Co.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1373/6511424/20091267/367227312.jpg (http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1373/6511424/20091267/367227312.jpg)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj49Nmo45zcAhXhm-AKHVjGAbcQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doublegunshop.com%2Fforums%2Fubbthreads.php%3Fubb%3Dshowflat%26Number%3D188591&psig=AOvVaw0mLse4eK4EpIJ3MEa-y1Nm&ust=1531593953764059 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj49Nmo45zcAhXhm-AKHVjGAbcQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doublegunshop.com%2Fforums%2Fubbthreads.php%3Fubb%3Dshowflat%26Number%3D188591&psig=AOvVaw0mLse4eK4EpIJ3MEa-y1Nm&ust=1531593953764059)