Egreat firmware recovery tool. Serial# 47114 hopkins&allen shotgun 12 g. Can you tell me when it was. 12 gauge double barrel shot gun only number on that I can fine are 14257. Answers.com ® Categories Hobbies & Collectibles Firearms Marlin Firearms What is the year of manufacture of a Hopkins and Allen single shot 16ga shotgun serial number S 9 7 1 2? SAVE CANCEL already exists.

I hope someone answers this. I too have an old Hopkins & Allen 12 GA double barrel that I would like to know the value of. Someone told me that typically, the Hopkins & Allen brand was mostly a mail order product long ago.

I've been told that as it was a mail order product, most likely there were a fair amount of these produced & the value probably was not substantial. I'm not a gun expert, but I have been to a fair amount of gun shows & thumbed through allot of gun books. I've never seen another Hopkins & Allen shotgun just like mine. I've seen a few that were similar, but not the same.

One interesting thing on my shotgun is that every mating part has the serial # stamped on it. (a 4 digit #) I really like my old Hopkins & Allen, it has the external hammers to fire it. One of the hammers does not lock correctly, you have to pull the trigger forward for that hammer to get it to lock. I think a spring completes that task inside the gun normally, but mine has a broken one. The other hammer works correctly though.

I used to use the gun a lot partridge hunting years ago & did some trap shooting with it too. I believe mine belonged to my great grandfather & when I'm done with it, I will hand it down to my boy. I won't part with it. NMaybe Country Gunsmith can narrow the age down a bit from the serial, but IJ made shotguns that match that description from 1870 to 1978. I don't know if IJ serialized their shotguns before it was required by law in 1968, but most manufacturers did not. If it's relatively new and in excellent condition, it could be worth $100 as a shooter.

Rambo all movies dubbed hindi download. If it's really old it will bring about the same as a mantle decoration, especially if that outside hammer is mounted on the side. It was manufactured in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. N-- IJ Shotguns -- n. NIver Johnson serialized their shotguns WAY back. Unfortunately, there does seem to be much rhyme or reason to the serialization, and dating an IJ is difficult without having it in hand and even then only generally.

Contents - Index: • Pages: 158 • Hopkins & Allen Arms Co. • Fifty Years of Gunmaking 1867 1917 • By Joseph T. Vorisek • History of Hopkins & Allen • The Early Guns • Bacon Mfg.

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