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Category - American Arms Shotguns - Shotguns - American Double Antique

Category
American Arms Shotguns
Shotguns - American Double Antique

american arms co side swing double 12 ga

Description:
made  1879 to 1884                        30"x 12 ga   lightly pitted  bore    action works fine in dry fire    nice damascus  finish on barrels  small  ding  in left  barrel   stock solid  sharp checkering has   lots  of  what be  original   varnish    traces of case on lock  serial # 948   $45  sh   made  circa  1879/84   see one other  i have  for sale   buy  both  get 5% off and free shipping   marked   am arms co  boston   on  barrel   all  complete  and  original        AMERICAN ARMS CO.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
History of American Arms is rather sketchy. It appears the company was formed in 1853 as G. H. Fox Co., then became American Tool & Machine Co. in 1865. In 1870, they formed a new corporation called American Arms Company, with George Fox as principle stockholder. This corporation was dissolved in 1873; a second American Arms Co. was incorporated in 1877 and a third in 1890. It is unclear if these corporations had essentially the same owners, but George H. Fox appears as a principle owner in two of the three. One could assume that financial problems forced them to bankrupt one corporation and reorganize under another. American Arms manufactured firearms in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1866 until 1893. In 1893 they moved to Bluffton, Alabama and manufactured guns until 1901.

SOLD

Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: american arms co
Model: sideswing