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hdwrench
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a friend of mine recieved for xmas a 10 ga x 2 7/8 chamber shotgun . it is in nice shape but refinished (tastefully). it is an exposed hammer model with a long barrel .wood and barrel is in good condition ,reciever has a few makes on it .
markings as follows -
on reciever-
forehand & wadsworth
patented aug,16,81
on top of barrel , fine decarbonized steel
any info helpful, value ??
it is a pretty gun and shoots .
wrench
markings as follows -
on reciever-
forehand & wadsworth
patented aug,16,81
on top of barrel , fine decarbonized steel
any info helpful, value ??
it is a pretty gun and shoots .
wrench
Comments
after wadsworths retirement forehand continued to sell guns marked with the F&W name and this was the case also when H&A took over. i have a copy of a 1902 sears catalog that still list F&W firearms for sale.
the 8-16-1881 patent date is for patent 245620 which is actually for a side hammer single barrel shotgun (it was issued to s. forehand). due to the fact that there is no indication that forehand & wadsworth, forehand arms co. or hopkins & allen ever made the switch to smokeless powder it would be best not to fire this shotgun with modern ammo.
without seeing this gun my best guess is it is one manufacture by F&W between 1882 and 1890 and being refinished it has lost all collector value which was samll to begin with and would be worth $100 or less.
bill
wrench
bill