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Riverside Arms Co.

slingerslinger Member Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
I've happened across a side by side 12 GA. shotgun. Says Pat. 1915 and Chicopee Falls, Mass. No hammers. Anybody know what it is?
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  • AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Riverside Arms Company was the trade name that the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company used of various types of "hardware" store firearms.Does the barrels have "small tiger-stripes" running around them??? They are usually more visible underneath the forearm.
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  • slingerslinger Member Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, looks like circular, non precision marks. DO I smell Damascus? The previous owner hunted with it. I'll find out what ammo he used. Approx. value? hehe
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  • AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1. If you can see the circular "tiger-stripes" then it is Damascus.2. It really should be checked out by a gunsmith that has the fiberoptic equiment to see if there is any delamination evident INSIDE the barrels. If there is any evidence of delamination it needs to become a "wall-hanger" and not a shooter.3. The presssure curve of blackpowder shotshells and modern smokeless powder shotshells is completely different. Your going to hear that you can use "low-brass" game loads. Not so. Eventually they will cause damage to the shotgun due to the difference in the pressure curve. No-it won't blow up in your face, but eventually such smokeless loadings will damage the shotgun.4. A safe "Cowboy Action" loading is available from L.A. Outdoors in Enterprise, Alabama. Their telephone number is (334) 347-6909.5. What the "books" say it is worth and what you can actually get for it is two different things. The books say that a model 215 or model 315 Riverside has a value of $350, but if you put it up for auction on this site it would not sell at that price.
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