VALUES of old shot guns, need help.?
Question:my brother has no computer so here iam ..lol.
he has a old double barrel shot gun 30inch that says hartford firearm company.
it also says genuine armory steel choke board.
serial number 148579
gun is 46 and a quarter long , trigger guard is chrome or nickle plated .
it has rabbit ears(hammers to fire gun).
its a 12 gauge.
does anyone know the value or who would??
not even gun shops here can tell me.
please let me know.
thanks.
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i tryed to look it up in the gun traders guide and couldnt find it so heres what a yahoo search brought up:"Hartford Firearms Company: Trade name used by the H. & D. Folsom Arms on shotguns made for the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis, MO, around 1900. Look for proofmarks, specifically an oval around the letters ELG, on the barrels or action. You may have to remove the barrels to find it. This will indicate Belgian manufacture. If no proofs are found it was made by Folsom's subsidiary, Crescent Firearms, Norwich, CT. Your grandfather's gun should be priceless to you, but unfortunately, the rest of the world does not value it as highly. Maybe that's a good thing - less temptation to part with a piece of family history. If complete and functioning, a single shot would bring $50-$75 or a double barrel $125-$150."
If you go to a major sporting goods store or a gunsmith you can buy a book called the "Firearms Buying Guide" it gives you fair market value for most handguns, rifles and shotguns. If you can't find it in there then go to different gunsmiths and ask their opinions.
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If you take Horseshoes advice ill take 5 of them its an old market gun for hunting geese ducks for market before Tysen foods started raising them they were hunted and sold to stores any kind of shape $500-$850 not many left thats where the orig sawed off shotgun started they would cut off the long barrels to 26-28 inches for regular huntingMore Questions & Answers...