The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Here is a old hammer gun I picked-up in a package deal back in the summer. Wm Parkhurst in 20ga, it has all the original wood and hammers work.

That is cool!

Looks like one of Crescents doubles, flat, or coil mainsprings in the locks?

Very nice! I love the old doubles.

Have you found any Belgian proofs on it? Look on the underside of the barrel by the breech.

ive not peeked inside this one. it has Belgian proof marks.

Yes it does, remember that this is highly likely to have a twist steel barrel, wallhanger material and they can suffer from internal corrosion, and were never designed for the pressure of smokeless powder.

I'll probably hang it with this American Gun Co. 12ga 30 barrel. It has original wood but receiver is damaged.

coondawg wrote:I'll probably hang it with this American Gun Co. 12ga 30 barrel. It has original wood but receiver is damaged.

American Gun, I had one in service until the late 1990's when I replaced it with a later Stevens, but I still have all of them. H&D Folsom gun company, they eventually became part of Stevens. Folsom owned recent Firearms and produced guns for hardware chains, reasonably priced working guns that would be marked with any name the buyer wanted. American Gun, New Empire, Knickerbocker, and so on.

What does it say on the right side of the receiver of the first gun?

MACHINE MADE