1893 Chas. Godfrey, New York catalog
c. 1890 Factory Hammerless List Price Comparison
L.C. Smith Ithaca Parker Lefever
…………………...No. 1 - $50 …………………...No. 2 - $60……….PH/1 - $65……….G - $65
No. 2 - $80……….No. 3 - $80……….GH/2 - $80……….F - $80
No. 3 - $100……...No. 4 - $100……...DH/3 - $100……...E - $100
No. 4 - $150……...No. 5 - $150……...CH/4 - $150……...D - $125
No. 5 - $200……...No. 6 - $200……...BH/5 - $200……...C - $150
$100 in 1890 is worth about $3000 today
Henry Squires 1890 Catalog
https://books.google.com/books?id=xqbmAAAAMAAJ&dq
Greener Facile Priceps No. 5 - $125
Greener Patent Treble Wedge-Fast No. 6 Far-killing Duck Gun - $100
Greener “Trap” Hammer gun - $85
Parker GH, Ithaca No.3, Colt & L.C. Smith No. 2 all $80
1891 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. catalog
https://books.google.com/books?id=STs8AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1027
1895-1910 $1 was the equivalent of about $30 today
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
The average yearly wage in 1900 was $432, and the average home sold for $5000.
The average hourly wage for all industrial workers was $.21 in 1900 and $.24 in 1910.
http://books.google.com/books?id=T6spAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232&lpg
In 1900, 52% of the total workforce earned less than $.16 hourly.
Skilled union workers made $.65 hourly in 1913 and $1.25 in 1920.
THE PANIC OF 1893
The McKinley Tariff of 1890 set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports into the United States at 48.4%. “Sporting, breech-loading double-barrel shotguns” had a 35% ad valorem PLUS an import duty of $1.50 if priced less than $6; $4 if $6-$12; and $6 if priced greater than $12. The tariff contributed to the “Panic of 1893” with 500 bank closures, the bankruptcy of over 15,000 businesses, and the failures of the Philadelphia and Reading, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroads. An estimated 18% of the workforce was unemployed at the Panic's peak, especially in the west and in farm states as the price of wheat and cotton fell. A series of strikes followed in 1894, the worse being the Bituminous Coal Miners’ and Pullman strikes. The U.S. economy, and U.S. gunmakers, did not begin to recover until 1896.
1895 Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue
Damascus Greener Facile Princeps “made especially to our order for trapshooting” - $100
Chas. Daly Hammerless No. 120 - $100
Smith Pigeon Grade without AE - $100
Greener No. 3 Ejector - $210
Parker DH - $100 list but sold for $72.
In 1895, the highest grade Parker Bros. AAHE “Pigeon Model” was $400 list; the Smith A2 $365 and A3 AE was $740.
1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue
Parker______________________Company Catalog List
GH.................$51.20.....................$80
DH.................$64.25.....................$100
CH.................$96.75.....................$150
(Parker AE were introduced about 1902)
Smith
No. 0..............$31.75
No. 1..............$37.22
No. 1E............$49.75....................$60
No 2...............$49.63
No. 2E............$68.90....................$80
No. 3..............$61.20
No. 3E............$78.90
Pigeon............$89.75.....................$100
A1E................$99.50.....................$150
(Parker and Smith prices were unchanged 1888-1897. Smith pricing increased 15-20% in 1898.)
Ithaca
No. 1..............$26...........................$30
No. 1 AE........$36
No. 2..............$37
Remington
AR.................$33………………...$45
AE.................$50……...…………$50
………………….………...AD..….$50
……………………………AO…...$60
………………..……..……AEO.....$65
……………….…..……….B…......$60
……………….……..…….BO…...$75
……………….……..…….BEO….$80
……………….…………...CD…....$90
……………….…..……….DD…....$150
……………….………..….ED…....$225
Baker
C Model 1898
Twist..…$29
Dam..….$35
B....................$31.75
A....................$36.25
Paragon..........$57.95
SAC Hollenbeck
Twist……….$21.25
Dam………..$29
Forehand Hammerless
No. 0……….$33
No. 1……….$37.50
No. 2……….$48.90
Daly
150AE...........$129
250AE….......$190
Greener
No. 3AE..............$187.50
Facile Princeps....$93.75
No. 6 Forester......$69.95
1898 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog No. 107
https://archive.org/stream/consumersguideno00sear#page/352/mode/2up
1899 & 1902 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago
(Non-ejector L.C. Smith)
1899 1902
No. 00 $37
No. 0 $47 $47
No. 1 $60 $60
No. 2 $80 $80
No. 3 $100 $100
Pigeon $125 $150
No. 4 $150 $150
No. 5 $200 $175
Monogram $350
1902 The Pacific Hardware & Steel Co., San Francisco, CA
Parker..................L.C. Smith..............Remington
$70...............VH........................No. 1 ($60)..............BO ($75)
$80...............GH........................No. 2........................BEO
$100.............DH........................No. 3........................CE ($95)
$150.............CH........................No. 4.........................D
$200.............BH........................No. 5.........................E ($225)
(AE on Smith guns add $15)
1902 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog No. 112
https://archive.org/stream/catalogueno11200sear#page/280/mode/2up
Two Trigger Extractor Damascus Barrel Doubles
LC Smith
No. 2 - $54 (Factory list in 1904 was $80)
Pigeon Gun - $84.37; Pigeon E - $94.50
Remington 1894 B grade - $45
Ithaca No. 2 - $37.50
Baker Gun & Forging Co.
Batavia Leader - $24
B grade - $32
A grade - $37.50 (Factory list was $42.75)
Paragon - $60
Parker GH - $58.20
The 1903 H.H. Kiffe Co., New York
https://books.google.com/books?id=Bjg9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110
Syracuse Arms Co. Grade A with AE - $62
Winchester 1897 Pigeon Grade - $67.50
Lefever E Grade - $70
Remington 1894 C Grade - $70 + $5 AE
Ithaca No. 4 - $71 + $10 AE
L.C. Smith No. 3 - $75 + $10 AE
Parker GH - $80
W.&C. Scott No. 1 - $85
Greener No. 19 Forester - $100
1904 Montgomery Ward catalog
Lefever
Dursten Special - $27.50
Ideal - $39.90
GE - $50.40
FE - $66.50
Remington
1900 Remington Steel - $25
1900 Damascus with AE - $35
A - $35; AE - $40
B - $45; AE $50
Baker
Leader - $22
B - $31
A - $36.50
Ithaca
No. 1 steel - $21
No. 1 Twist - $24
Smith
00 - $25; AE - $37.50
0 - $32
2 Crown steel - $56; AE - $66.50
3 Nitro steel - $70; AE $80.50
Parker Factory MSRP
VH - $36.75 $50
PH - $47.75 $65
GH - $58.80 $80
DH - $73.50 $100
CH - $110.25 $150
1904 Supplee Hdw. Co., Philadelphia
Fox A grade 12g - $50
L.C. Smith 12g & 16g
F grade hammer gun
Fluid steel - $25
Twist - $30
Damascus - $35
No. 00 - $37; AE - $50
No. 0 - $47; AE - $60
No. 1 - $60; AE - $75
No. 2 - $80; AE - $95
Stevens 12 & 16g
No. 350 (Special Smokeless Steel) - $25
No. 360 (Twist) - $30
No. 370 (Damascus) - $35
Ithaca 10, 12, 16g
No. 1 Special (Imported Nitro Steel) - $25
No. 1P (Twist) - $30
No. 1 1/2 (Damascus) - $40
Parker 12 & 16g; 10g guns $5 extra
VH (Vulcan Steel) - $50
PH (Fine English Twist) - $65
1905 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue No. 114
Two Trigger Extractor Doubles
L.C. Smith
No. 00 (Armor Steel) - $25
No. 0 - $32.90
No. 1 - $42
Remington 1894 A grade - $30
Remington 1900 (Remington Steel) - $21.50
Remington New Model (1889) Hammer Double
No. 1 (Armory Steel) - $17.50
No. 2 Twist - $21.50
No. 3 Damascus - $23
1905 Hunter Arms’ Catalog List Prices
……………… + AE (+ HOT $25)
No. 00 - $37…...$50
No. 0 - $47…….$60
No. 1 - $60…….$75
No. 2 - $80…….$95
No. 3 - $100…...$115
Pigeon - $125….$140
No. 4 - $150…..$165
No. 5 - $200…...$215
1905 L.C. Smith Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. listing
1906 William Read & Sons Catalogue
“Highest Quality” Westley Richards with single trigger - $595
W.W. Greener G70 “Imperial” - $500
W&C Scott “Premier” - $375
W&C Scott “Imperial Premier” - price on application
Purdey - 89 pounds 5 shillings sterling - about $446
Joseph Lang & Son “Highest Quality” sidelock ejector - 65 guineas
Parker Bros. AAHE - net price of $318.75
Lefever Optimus - $280
Remington Special - $750 = about $25,000 today
L.C. Smith Monogram AE - $365 L.C. Smith A-2 - $390 L.C. Smith A-3 - $740
1906 Wm. Read and Henry Squires 2nd Hand Gun Lists
http://books.google.com/books?id=rkgcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA408&lpg
THE PANIC OF 1907
A credit crisis similar to that of 2008-2009 occurred in 1907. Strains in the financial system started to appear in 1906 when American industry and railroads found it increasingly difficult to obtain credit from Europe, prior to then a large source of capital flow into the US. Liquidity became increasingly tight through 1907 and on October 23 panic occurred when New York’s third largest trust, the Knickerbocker Trust Company, collapsed related to an attempt by then President Charles T. Barney and Otto Heinze to corner the copper market. Banks began to fail when depositors at other trusts sought to withdraw their money and other banks in New York were forced to retract loans. Lending ceased and the credit crisis spread world wide. Were it not for the intervention of J.P. Morgan, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s agreement to set aside the Sherman Antitrust Act to enable his plan, the entire US banking system may have imploded.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 48% of its value from January 1906 to November 1907. Industrial production dropped by 11%, imports by 26%, while unemployment rose from less than 3% to 8%. The stock market, and the economy, did not recover until the summer of 1908.
Page 544 of John Houchins’ L.C. Smith “The Legend Lives” shows a price comparison between Smith and Parker guns. Prices for both, and in every grade, fell from 1908 to 1913. The $105 2E in 1898 went for $95 in 1908, and became the $75 AE Specialty grade in 1913.
Supplemental Statement Filed by Joseph Gales of Schoverling, Dale & Gales, New York City; 1908-1909 House Tariff Hearings
http://books.google.com/books?id=jG4vAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA4144&dq
In order to maintain market share in a contracting economy, the US makers started introducing lower priced variants of existing models, and newly designed (as in cheaper to produce) guns.
1908 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue No. 117
LC Smith.......................................1908 Hunter Arms List Price
No. 00 Armor Steel - $25…......$38; AE $50
No. 0 Damascus - $32...............$48; AE $60
No. 1 Damascus - $42...............$60; AE $80
No. 2 Damascus - $56...............$80 with Crown steel or Damascus; AE $95
“Improved 1908 Model New England Hammerless”; likely Fyrberg
“900-fine double refined gun barrel steel” - $11.95
New England American Hammergun “Made by a new England gun company,
one of the oldest and best makers in America.”; likely Crescent Fire Arms
“Fine Armory steel” - $8.95
New England Wonder Hammergun
“Finest genuine crystal barrel steel” - $10.95
Aubrey/Meriden Fire Arms hammerless
Model 18 Armory Steel - $13.85
20 Liege Twist - $14.85
22 2-blade Damascus - $17.35
34 2-blade - $18.85
52 2-blade - $22.35
55 XX Carbon Steel - $26.75
56 3-blade - $30.75
58 4-blade - $38.50
60 made to order - $50.00 and up
Remington
K Grade Armory Steel - $23.50
KED Damascus - $31.50
Ithaca
Field Grade Smokeless Steel - $18
No. 1 Twist - $24
No. 1 1/2 Damascus - $29.50
Baker
Batavia Leader Twist - $22.50
Model B Twist - $37.35 (“Flui-Tempered” steel Model S in 1909 - $35)
Model A Damascus - $45.00 (Krupp steel Model R in 1909 - $48.75)
Baker Batavia Leader AE Decarbonized Steel - $31.50
T. Barker Hammer gun “2-Blade Royal Damascus Finish” - $12.45
Winchester 97 Solid Frame - $20
No Parker, Greener, or Daly guns are listed.
1908 Von Lengerke & Antoine, Chicago
L.C. Smith (HOT + $25) AE
00 - $25………………...$32.25
0 - $35.25……………..$45
2 - $60………………...$71.25
3 - $75…………...……$86.25
Pigeon - $93.75………...$105
Comparative Sears Catalog “Net Selling Price” for Hammerless
Non-Ejector Doubles 1897-1908
……………………1897……….1902……....1905……….1908
Smith
No. 00………………………………………..25………….25
No. 0……………..31.75…………………….32.90............32
No. 1……………..37.22…………………….42………….42
No. 2……………..42……………54……………………...56
No. 3……………..61.20
Pigeon……………89.75………...84.37
Parker
GH……………….51.20……….58.20
DH……………….64.25
CH……………….96.75
Ithaca
Field………………………………………………………..18
No. 1……………..26………………………………………24
No. 2……………..37……………37.50
Remington
1894 A grade…….33…………………………..30
1894 B grade…………………….45
1900 KO………………………………………..21.50…….23.50
Baker
Batavia Leader…………………..24……………………….22.50
B grade…………..31.75………..32………………………..37.50
A grade…………..36.25………..37.50…………………….45
Model S……………………………………………………..35
Model R……………………………………………………..48.75
Paragon…………..57.95………...60
The Fall 1900 Catalog No. 110 did not list prices for Parker nor L.C. Smith guns:
“FOR A SPECIAL CONFIDENTIAL PRICE, Special Terms and our Free Trial Offer, write us, state the grade wanted by number, length of barrel, weight and get OUR SPECIAL OFFER BY RETURN MAIL.”
“Our Special Price will be a Net Confidential Price, our Offer a Confidential Offer, and the only condition we make it that you treat it as strictly confidential. This the manufacturer exacts from us in allowing us to name the extraordinary low price.”
No Baker nor Ithaca guns were listed; Remington A grade was $35, B grade $45.
In 1909 there were several variations of the lower priced Baker Batavia line
Batavia Leader with twist barrels - $25
Batavia Special with steel barrels - $21.75
Batavia Damascus - $28
Batavia Ejector with steel barrels - $35; with Damascus barrels - $37.50.
Remington got out of the double gun business in February 1910 when they sold their entire inventory of breech loading shotguns to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. in St Louis.
In 1910 the Fox Gun Co. introduced “The Sterlingworth Company” boxlock with a Parker type hinge-pin. By 1911 the marking was changed to Sterlingworth and by 1913 the Parker hinge-pin recess was gone. The Sterlingworth was priced at $25 in 1915.
The Parker Gun Co. Trojan was introduced in 1912 at a price of $27.50.
The 1910 H&D Folsom catalog listed the W&C Scott Premier with Whitworth barrels for $385 and Monte Carlo B with Whitworth barrels for $210.
1910 Butler Bros. Co., Chicago
Stevens 335 - $13.50
Ithaca Field - $15.70
L.C. Smith No. 00 - $21.35
No. 1 - $41.45
No. 2 - $54.20
1912 Schoverling, Daly & Gales Catalogue
Courtesy of David Noreen
L.C. Smith No. 00 - $25
Fox Sterlingworth - $25
DS Grade Lefever - $25
Field Grade Ithaca - $19
Baker Batavia Special - $19
Manhattan Arms Co./ Hunter Arms Co. Fulton - $15
(Hunter Arms’ boxlock production began in 1904, apparently only for tradename guns. The Hunter Fulton was not introduced until 1915 at a price of $18, and the Fulton Special in 1916 for $25.)
Stevens No. 335 - $15.85
Folsom/Crescent/American Gun Co. Knickerbocker - $13.50
N.R. Davis B.S. grade - $14
Hopkins & Allen - $15
Schoverling, Daly & Gales Odd & 2nd Hand Guns, Nov. 30, 1912 Forest & Stream
https://books.google.com/books?id=nUkcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA704
The United States Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Underwood Tariff or Underwood-Simmons Act re-imposed the federal income tax and lowered the basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below that of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909. The 1913 Act established the lowest rates since the Walker Tariff of 1857. Most schedules were put on an ad valorem basis (a % of the dollar value of the item.) The duty on woolens went from 56% to 18.5%. Steel rails, raw wool, iron ore, and agricultural implements had zero rates.
Since 1894 “Sporting, breech-loading double-barrel shotguns” had a 35% ad valorem PLUS an import duty of $1.50 if priced less than $6, $4 if $6-$12, and $6 if priced greater than $12. “Single-barrel breech-loading shotguns” had the same 35% ad valorem PLUS an import duty of $1. The Tariff Act of 1913 changed the duty to 15% ad valorem.
Suddenly, foreign shotguns began to flood the American market. The US firearms industry, and the international economy, was profoundly altered however in 1914 by the outbreak of World War I. American products, including arms and ammunition, were suddenly in great demand throughout the world, while imports from much of Europe dropped markedly.
1915 Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Catalogue
Successors to John. P. Lovell, Boston
http://books.google.com/books?id=uX8XAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA11-PA30&dq
Parker Trojan - $27.50
Fox Sterlingworth - $25
Ithaca
Field - $19.00
No. 1 (Cockerill Steel) Special - $22
No. 1 Krupp - $25
No. 1 1/2 Krupp - $31
Torkelson B Grade - $25
Stevens 335 - $16.50
Hunter Arms Fulton - $17.50
Baker Black Beauty - $18
Lefever Durston Special - $25
Knox-All Hammerless (American Gun Co./Crescent) - $15
Iver Johnson - $18
Riverside Arms Co. (J. Stevens) - $15
Used gun retail and sale prices in the 1915 Forest & Stream
https://books.google.com/books?id=gT87AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA627&lpg
“Every gun has been put in splendid condition”
1916 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Catalog No. 61 “Our Very Best Is The Very Best” https://archive.org/details/HibbardSpencerBartlettCatNo611916/page/n7/mode/2up
L.C. Smith AE
Field……………...$37………..$47
Ideal……………...$50………...$65
Trap……………....$73.50……..$86
Specialty………….$83………..$100
Eagle……………...$160……....$175
Crown……………..$215……...$225
HOT for Field - Ideal - Trap $30; for Specialty - Eagle - Crown $35
REV-O-NOC Fulton…….$28.50
REV-O-NOC Crescent
Hammer………….$18.50
Hammerless……...$25
CRUSO Crescent
Hammer………….$15.50
Hammerless……...$22
A.H. Fox (Fox-Kautzky ST $30)
Sterlingworth…….$35………...$45
A…………………$50………...$60
B………………….$75………...$85
C………………………………..$110
XE…………………...………....$160
Parker
Trojan…………….$35
VH………………..$50………..$75
GH………………..$80………..$105
DH………………..$100…...….$125
CH………………..$175
BH………………..$225
Lefever
DS………………..$37………..$52
H………...……….$44………..$59
G………………....$57………...$72
F………………….$80………...$95
E………………….$110……….$116
Ithaca Field……………...$30
Stevens 335……………...$20
N.R. Davis……………….$23
Repeating Shotguns
Marlin
Chicago No. 96…..$28
REV-O-NOC 98….$32
24…………….…...$23.25
28A……………….$27
28TS……………...$31.15
28T………………..$52.35
Stevens
520……………….$25
522 Trap………….$40
525………………..$50
Remington Autoloading Shotgun
A………………....$35
Trap……………....$42.50
Tournament……….$60
Remington Model of 1908 Repeating Shotgun
A…...…………….$27
Trap……………....$45
Tournament……….$55
Winchester
Model 1897……....$27
Model 1911……....$38
Model 12……...….$30
M12 Tournament....$45
M12 Trap………....$55
1917 Wm. Frankfurt Hdw. Co., Milwaukee
https://books.google.com/books?id=ldezeQi3sowC&pg=PA1318&lpg
1918 E.C. Simmons, St. Louis
“The recollection of QUALITY remains long after the PRICE is forgotten”
L.C. Smith
Hammer with Royal Steel - $39.90
16g Hammer with “Fine Damascus” - $46.20
Field (Armor Steel) - $57.80, AE - $76.50, AE+HOT - $112.40
Ideal (London Steel) - $74.90, AE - $95.10, AE+HOT - $131.90
Trap (Crown Steel or Damascus - 12g & 16g only) - $110.10, AE - $130.10,
AE+HOT - $166.90
Specialty (Nitro Steel or Damascus) - $130.80, AE - $150.70, AE+HOT -
$194.80
Eagle (Nitro Steel or Damascus) - $238.40, AE - $261.50, AE+HOT -
$308.70
Crown (Nitro Steel or Damascus) - $318.20, AE - $341.60, AE+HOT -
$388.80.
Ithaca Gun Co.
Field (Smokeless Powder Steel) - $49.10
No. 1 (Stub Twist) - $53.50
No. 1 1/2 (Damascus) - $62.50
No. 2 (Damascus) - $80.40
No. 3 (Chain Damascus or Krupp) - $107.10
No. 4 (Krupp or American Flag Damascus) - $133.90
Add AE - $18.40
Baker
Special Steel Black Beauty NE - $54.70
Paragon AE - $120
Expert AE - $230
DeLuxe AE - $440
1918 High Grade MSRP Comparisons
Smith Monogram - $400
Parker AHE - $410
Ithaca No. 6E - $310
(1921 Folsom) Baker Deluxe - $385
Smith Crown - $250
Parker BHE - $300
Ithaca No. 5E - $210
By 1919 both the Parker Trojan and the Fox Sterlingworth were listed at $55. In 1922 Fox dropped the price of the Sterlingworth to $48, then in 1926 down to $36.50.
The Ithaca Field Grade list price was $45 December 1, 1919. Ithaca purchased Lefever Arms Co. in 1916, introduced the inexpensive Lefever Nitro Special 1921, and the even less expensive Western Arms Long Range in 1929.
1921 Tariff Information Survey, “Firearms”
https://books.google.com/books?id=IfxIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7&lpg
1925 J.L. Galef Catalog
L.C. Smith
Fulton - $30.25
Fulton Special - $34.38
Field - $42.25
Parker
Trojan - $47.30
VH - $59.40
Ithaca
Field - $31.20
No. 1 - $39.50
Lefever Nitro Special - $23.25
Davis “Maximin” Wholesale - $20.25; SRP - $27
Winchester Model 12 - $43.30
1925 Union Hardware & Metal Co., Los Angeles
L.C. Smith
Field AE - $57.25
LRWF Field AE - $68
Ideal AE - $73
Ideal AE HOT - $105.50
A.H. Fox
A Grade AE - $64.50
Sterlingworth - $36.50; AE - $48.40
Ithaca Gun Co.
Field - $37.50; AE - $55
No. 1 AE - $65
Lefever Nitro Special - $28.25
Stevens 330 - $25
Crescent Empire No. 60 - $25
Browning A5 No. 1 12g - $61
1926 Montgomery Ward catalog
https://books.google.com/books?id=D2ZQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA19-PA1&lpg
Hercules (Stevens) - $16.75
Sterlingworth - $33.95
Ithaca Field - $37.50
L.C. Smith Field - $43.95
1926 Canton Hardware Co., Ohio
L.C. Smith (same as Hunter Arms MSRP)
Field - $46.65 AE - $58.60
Ideal - $55.70 AE - $68.80
Fulton - $33.40
Ithaca
Field - $37.50 AE - $55
Lefever Nitro Special - $27.40
Stevens 335 - $27.75
Riverside 315 - $23
Springfield 312 - $20
1927 Schoverling, Daly & Gales Trade Price List for Catalogue No. 102
…...........................................Retail................Trade (Net)
Single Barrel Trap Guns
Charles Daly
165 SBT.......................$250..................$200
200 SBT.................…..$300..................$250
Parker SC SBT.......................$160..................$130
Smith Specialty SBT..............$133..................$111
Ithaca 4E SBT........................$125..................$104
Fox J SBT..............................$125...................$105
Fox K SBT.............................$163..................$150
Pump Trap Guns
Remington
11C Trap.......................$84...................$67
11D...............................$150.................$111
10T................................$140.................$112
Winchester 97 Trap.................$95...................$70
Marlin 43T..............................$75....................$60
Hammerless Double Barrel
American Gun Co..........................................................Folsom catalog list
Peerless 6.........................$24................$19..................$24.50
Empire 60........................$23...............$18...................$23.75
Davis Warner
Ajax.................................$25...............$17
Premier.............................$30..............$18.50
Riverside 315..............................$24...............$19
Springfield 311...........................$23...............$18
Parker
Trojan..................................$51.50........$48
VH.......................................$64.50........$54
VHE.....................................$84.............$74.50
DHE.....................................$154...........$129
Smith
Field......................................$40............$33..................$50
Field AE................................$58…........$48...……......$62.60
Field AE & HOT...................$90............$75
Ideal AE & HOT...................$105…......$88
Trap AE & HOT....................$124.........$109...............$118.35
Specialty AE & HOT.............$143….....$120...............$140
Specialty DBT VR&HOT…..$200.........$167
(After introduction of the Double Barrel Trap gun in 1920, the 'Trap
Package' included a beavertail Schnabel forend with the reinforced
barrel lug, AE, HOT, and later a ventilated rib with two ivory
beads, and recoil pad.)
Eagle AE & HOT.....................$200…....$167
Monogram DBT VR & HOT....$555…....$464
Ithaca
Lefever Nitro Special...............$28.25........$21.75
Field..........................................$37.50…....$30
No. 1.........................................$47.50…....$39
No. 1 with AE & OT….............$95.............$74
No. 2…………………………..$57.50
No. 3…………………………..$75.00
No. 4…………………………..$100.00
A.H. Fox
Sterlingworth Ejector….............$48.40….....$40
AE..............................................$64.50.........$53
CE..............................................$107.............$90.50
Add Single Trigger................$30...............$25.50
Charles Daly
185.............................................$275.............$225
275.............................................$450.............$350
No. 20 OU.................................$500..............$450
1929 Stoeger Catalog No. 10
(Courtesy of David Noreen)
Standard Grade Winchester Model 12 - $49.25
Standard Grade Winchester Model 97 - $43.30
Marlin Model 42A - $42.20
Marlin Model 43A - $49.80
Remington Model 11A Standard Grade - $56.75
Remington Model 29A Standard Grade - $49.30
Two Trigger Extractor Doubles
Field Grade L.C. Smith - $40
Field Grade Ithaca NID - $37.50
Fox Sterlingworth - $36.50
Parker Bros. Trojan - $55
1936 Hunter Arms SRP
Field - $43.20; + AE - $57.20; + HOT - $82.20
Skeet - $54.10; + AE - $69.10; + HOT - $94.10
Ideal - $60.25; add $14 for AE; $25 for HOT
Fulton - $25
Fulton Special - $31.75
Monogram - $525 (Parker AHE - $495; Ithaca No. 7E - $380)
1938 Vonnegut Hdw. Co., Indianapolis
Winchester 97 - $33.75
Stevens 620 - $33.65
Savage 430 - $39.50
A.H. Fox
A Grade - $49.00; + AE - $59.50
SP - $49.00
Sterlingworth - $35
Winchester Model 21
Standard AE - $99.75
Skeet AE - $111.25
Trap AE - $148.90
L.C. Smith
Field (NE) - $43.20
Ideal (NE) - $60.25
Hunter Arms Hunter Special - $30.75
Ithaca NID
Field - $43
No. 1 - $62.15
1939 Stoeger Catalog No. 31
(Courtesy of David Noreen)
Winchester Model 12 Standard Grade - $42.50
Remington Model 31AP - $42.95
Ithaca Model 37 Standard - $42.95
Two Trigger Extractor Doubles
New Ithaca Double Field Grade - $43
Lefever Nitro Special - $30.85
Lefever A-Grade - $37.35
Western Arms Long Range Double - $24.95
Iver Johnson Hercules - $35 / $32 in .410
L.C. Smith Field Grade - $43.20 (Same as Hunter Arms SRP)
Hunter Arms Fulton - $25
Hunter Arms Hunter Special - $31.75
U.S. Makers Double Gun Production
Dr. Jim Stubbendieck's L.C. Smith Production Records lists 528,980 guns produced by Hunter Arms and Marlin 1890-1950, of which 92,598 were boxlocks and 2,280 SBTs.
Lefever Arms Co. – about 64,000, plus D.M. Lefever cross bolt guns SN 1000 –
2250.
Baker – about 150,000, including the C grade boxlocks and SBTs.
Parker – about 240,000 (the SNs go to 236530 in 1934)
Ithaca – 400,000-410,000 Ithaca Gun Co. doubles; 260,000 Lefever Nitro Specials; and about 50,000 Western Arms Long Range guns.
No H.&D. Folsom Arms Co. nor Crescent Fire Arms Co. records survive, but Joe Vorisek estimated the following based on serial numbers:
Triumph Model hammerless double - less than 750 c. 1895
1897-1932 more than 1,200,000 doubles
Sidelock Hammerless (except Empire and Quail Model) - 450,000
Empire, New Empire and Quail Model Hammerless double - 120,000
Hammer Double (except small gauge) - 630,000
Small gauge hammer double - 40,000
H.& D.Folsom, Crescent & Tradename Guns
Colt
Model 1878 Hammer double 1878 - 1889: 22,683
Model 1883 Hammerless 1883 - 1895: SNs 1 - 3,050 and 4,055 - 8,365
Remington Arms Co. produced 41,194 Model 1894 and 98,508 Model 1900 hammerless doubles, and 134,200 Model 1889 hammer doubles, for a total of 273,902 prior to February 1910 when Remington sold the entire inventory of breech loading shotguns to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. in St Louis, courtesy of David Noreen
Less precise numbers for E. Remington & Sons suggest about 23,500 top-lever hammer doubles and possibly as many as 13,300 lifter-action hammer doubles.
Charles Semmer, “Remington Arms Co.”, Double Gun Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1989 and “Remington Whitmore Model 1875” Vol. 3, 2006.
Fox Gun Co. Baltimore 1894 - 1900: less than 1000
Baltimore Arms Co. 1900 – 1904: possibly 6000
Philadelphia Arms Co. 1902 – 1906: less than 2000
David Noreen The Double Gun Journal, Volume 10, Issues 1 & 3, 1999
“The Fox Gun Company of Baltimore City and Baltimore Arms Company” in The Gun Report, Volume 42, Number 9, February 1997
Ansley H. Fox Gun Co. courtesy of David Noreen
Based on SNs a total of 204,475 doubles:
Graded guns:
35,285 12g
3,875 16g
3,974 20g
Sterlingworth
111,556 12g
28,481 16g
21,304 20g
Serial numbers have significant gaps so the numbers are inexact
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Syracuse Arms Co. courtesy of Tom Archer
Syracuse Arms Company production of hammerless guns started at SN #1 and continued into the low 39,xxx range.
SAC guns were marked as THE HOLLENBECK up to near serial number 5,000; then the name was changed to THE SYRACUSE for the balance of production.
The SYRACUSE box frame hammer gun model was a late production addition; possibly 2500 were made.
Jack Maedel & Tom Archer published an 8 part series in The Double Gun Journal 2005-2007; and Tom Archer “The Syracuse Arms Co. ‘D3’” in Vol. 3, 2012
Hollenbeck Gun Co., Wheeling, West Virginia, Three Barrel Gun Co, and Royal Gun Co. 1901-1910:
About 2000 guns, including Drillings and about 300 SBTs per David Noreen
Joe Vorisek estimated less than 80,000 double shotguns were produced by A.J. Aubrey / Meriden Fire Arms Co. 1905 – 1918 based on SNs.
A.J. Aubrey / Meriden Fire Arms
Tobin Arms Mfg. Co., Norwich 1904 – 1909: about 11,000
American Shotgun makers 1860-1890 courtesy of Dr Bill McPhail
Wesson Firearms Co. Springfield, Mass. 1869 - 71: 300 - 400
Whitney Arms Co. 1868 - early 1870's: 700
Ethan Allen: 700
Boyd and Tyler: 700
Mortimer & Kirkwood 1874 - 1881: 400 - 1000 but many ML conversions
David Kirkwood 1881 - 97: 400 Early guns mostly boxlocks SN 1000 - 1200,
then higher quality sidelocks with a few Drillings SN 1200 - 1400
Patrick Mullin: several hundred ML and later breechloaders
Wm. Schaefer: several hundred, but more than Mullin
Charles Sneider before 1873: several hundred at most; SN #1 September 1873.
1880 – 1889 #400 Hammerless; 150 guns hammerless first Model Coil
Spring action - up to #550. SN 550 - 720 leaf action hammer guns and
single barrels.
“Early American Shotgun Makers” by Robert Matthews & Dr. Bill McPhail, Double Gun Journal Vol. 4, 2006
American Arms Co., Boston: Model 1878 G.H. Fox side-swing patent and
other models 3000 - 4000
No production records exist for J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., Savage/Stevens, or Fox/Stevens double shotguns but were substantial.
No production records exist for doubles by:
Harrington & Richardson
Hopkins & Allen
Andrew Fyrberg & Sons
Colton Fire Arms / Union Fire Arms Co. / Union Arms Co.
Torkelson Gun Co. / Spencer Gun Co.
Forehand Arms Co. / Utica Fire Arms Co.
Wilkes-Barre Gun Co.
Raymond Mattern & Larry Schuknecht Double Gun Journal Vol. 19,
Issue 4, 2008
N.R. Davis Arms Co. / N.R. Davis & Sons / Davis Warner Arms Corp.
N.R. Davis Shotguns | Shotgun Forum (shotgunworld.com)