Where can you find information about an American Gun Co 12 gauge double barrel with hammers ser 141724?
American Gun Co was a house brand of H&D Folsom Sporting Goods in New York City and also sold through Sears Roebuck catalogs. Manufactured in Belgium and by Folsom’s subsidiary company, Crescent Fire Arms in Norwich, CT, c. 1890-1930. With outside hammers, it was probably made before c. 1905. Look under the barrels for a proofmark of an oval with ELG and a star inside. If it is there, the gun was made in Belgium. If there is a crown over the oval, it was made after 1893.
