jeff this isthe twin of my gun....same markings.. nice little gun you have jeff... ever shoot it.... charlie

Charlie, I'm sorry I wasn't clear about the picture--the gun isn't mine. I scavenged this picture off of a long-expired auction. Was so anxious to see a picture of your new gun that I felt the next best thing was to thrown something up and see if you recognized it.

Now that you mention it, though, I'm going to keep my eye out for one...

will try to post pictures soon...these are well built and solid guns plus the sighting or aim looking down the barrel is almost as good as sites....i see a few of these little guns on gunbroker from time to time... charlie

In the early years of the 20th century, many of our manufacturers offered single barrels and low priced doubles (usually cheap Belgian imports) in .44 Caliber. This is my Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. Model 1905 --

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These guns were intended for the .44 WCF shot cartridge and the .44XL shot cartridge. See the bottom of this page from the 1906 Wm Read & Sons catalogue --

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These guns were actually .44 caliber. The .410-bore spade for my bore mic rattles around in this H & R.

This from the 1912 SD&G catalogue --

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The European 12 mm shot shells began being manufactured in the U.S., about 1915, as the .410-bore/12 mm, and J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. claimed to be the first U.S. Company chambering for that shell. This from the 1918-19 Rem-UMC catalogue --

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These early 2-inch .410-bore shells carried a load of 3/10 ounce of shot. When the 2 1/2 inch .410-bore shell was introduced it carried a load of 3/8 ounce of shot.

Here are some other early tiny-bore shotguns. From 1912 SD&G catatloge --

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1902 Sears --

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I didn't record where this ad was from --

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thanks a million....never knew that there was so much info on the little guns....i would like to order one of those 11.00 dollar 28 ga doubles.... charlie

They're on backorder Charlie.

dog goneit i sure hope they get some in soon i sure would like to have one by next year...which aint long....charlie

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. But in the mean time, I'm going to get me one of those little single-shot .410's, based on your endorsement.

you cant go wrong with one of these little guns... and they dont beak the bank when you buy one... heres hoping santa will find you one before long.... charlie