Re: long range winner shotgun

feeds@yuku.com (Dalkowski110) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:01:20 GMT

Can you post pictures?

Re: long range winner shotgun

feeds@yuku.com (DonW) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:15:53 GMT

Would it have a patent date on it? Also, believe if it was foreign, it would have a foreign proof on it. Look for proof marks on the under side of the bbl and hidden in the receiver. Usually something with a crown or a lion suggests a euro origin.

Also see if this makes sense:

Re: long range winner shotgun

feeds@yuku.com (curiokid) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:14:39 GMT

it looks like a european stock (rounded at the bottom of the grip and not much of a comb) so it could be imported...

Re: long range winner shotgun

feeds@yuku.com (DonW) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:10:19 GMT

Ahh-SOoH, the old "house brand" ID question. A pic would likely help here, but not guaranteed. Sears had a bunch of manuf that made arms for them over the many years they offered firearms until about 1980. During the period you believe your shotgun was made, the H&D Folsom Arms Co of NYC offered both imported and domestic shotguns to dozens and dozens of different outfits with their own house brand name. Their domestic manuf was Cresent Firearms of Norwich, CT. I found the...

long range winner shotgun

feeds@yuku.com (curiokid) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:56:13 GMT

among many things I inherited from my grandparents this summer was a very old looking shotgun, and I was right. it was my great grandfathers, so I know this thing is old because my grandfather told me his father had it since before he was born(which was in the 20's) and it has the markings "genuine armory steel"-on top of the barrel "choke bored"-on the side of the barrel "Long Range Winner"-on the side of the reciver. it is a single barrel break open with...