.410 Single Shot

TheBrassMan

Just wondering if anyone knew who made the Shotguns with the name
"Volunteer" stamped on them?

When my father went to be with the Lord in 1996 I inherted all his guns but one.
That one a 32 Winchester Special that went to my nephew.
The one prize in the group was his first gun. It is a 410 break top single shot marked "Voluteer".
It was given to him by his father when he was 10 (1936). It's collector value has been decreased because it has
been reblued and the furniture refinished.
But I was just interested in any info on it. It is still a nice shooter.


Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution does it state: "Seperation of Church and State".

"Those who beat their guns into plow shares; will plow for those who don't."



"Isaiah 5:20 ?Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

mark christian

Sounds like one of the single shots made by Stevens and sold through hardware stores all over the United States between WWI and WWII. On a good day a typical example brings about $50 with a tiny premium for the smaller gauges like your dad's .410. A brand new in the box example (if such a Volunteer even exists) would bring double that. There is know known collector interest that I have ever heard of so the refinishing has zero effect on value, if anything it enhances it by improving the guns appearence. Guns like your Father's Volunteer are in the same class as my Dad's old Marlin .22 rifle which I inherited; Such guns have no value to anyone except those of us who keep them in order to remember the men who owned them ahead of us. I hope to pass my Dad's Marlin onto my nephew some day.

"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian

TheBrassMan

I have no son to pass it on too [xx(]
But I do have a daughter. When she turns 6 we will start teaching her about guns[:D]
Then hopefully we will still have a country where she can own guns so I can pass them down to her.


Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution does it state: "Seperation of Church and State".

"Those who beat their guns into plow shares; will plow for those who don't."



"Isaiah 5:20 ?Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"