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National Arms ?
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I picked this up today at a gun show.It's a National Arms of New York U.S.A. this and the serial number is the only markings on the gun.It uses a .32 S&W cartridge.The bore is like new and gun is in great condition,looks better than the picture.Anyone have any info on it ?
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Crescent Firearms used the name on one of their many shotguns. Never was aware that Crescent made revolvers, it's always a possibility though? The time frame would be right. Crescent went into business in the 1880's, your revolver appears to be contemporary to that time period.
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your revolver was manufactured by meriden firearms co. meriden was one of the major suppliers of brand name top break revolvers after 1900 and i know they were still producing them after world war 1.
this same revolver was sold as howard arms, new york arms, national firearms, secret service special and many many more.
look at the front sight in the picture this is a give away as to the manufacturer, even though hard to see it has upward curves at the front and back.
the meriden firearms top break revolvers are not known for their quality. of all the manufacturers of top break revolvers theirs are he lowest quality. they kept cost low by using soft metal. no matter how good of condition they are in i would be reluctant to fire them even though they were manufactured into the smokeless powder era.
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i first read about meriden firearms co. in hoggs and weeks book 'pistols of the world'. as i was gathering information for my book on "iver johnson's arms & cycle works" i encountered and aquired many meriden products with different brand names. so it boils down to reading about them and then confirming by first hand experence.
i would like to add that meriden products were not dangerous when new, they just don't stand up to narmal wear and tear very well.
and if you did fire your meriden revolver it probably would not blow up. what will happens is the frame will stretch and everthing would get loose and you wouldn't have a nice tight collectible anymore.
b.goforth
Thanks again and Good Luck on your book.
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