Crescent Fire Arms Co. was formed in Norwich, Conn., in 1892, from I believe the remains of Bacon Arms Co. H & D Folsom Arms Co. of New York City acquired Crescent Fire Arms Co. in 1893, and from then on the mission of the factory in Norwich was to build lots of low priced guns marked with whatever name H & D Folsom Arms Co. or their customers wanted on them. Around the turn of the century H & D Folsom Arms Co. started having the guns marked American Gun Co. for the guns they marketted and those for customers who didn't specify their own "trade brand" name on the guns. In the early 1920s they reverted to using the Crescent Fire Arms Co. name and continued to use that until Folsom sold the gun business out to Savage in 1930.
Savage combined Crescent with their recently acquired Davis - Warner Arms Co. and formed Crescent - Davis Arms Co. which continued to operate into 1935.
The remains was moved to Savage's J. Stevens Arms Co. plant in Chicopee Falls, Mass., and from 1936 to WW-II Crescent-Davis guns were shown in the J. Stevens Arms Co.'s price lists behind their cheaper than Stevens Springfield line. Some of the "trade brand" guns from this late 1930s period are really interesting combinations of Stevens, Crescent and Davis parts. Anything to get some product out the door!!
Charlie,
It is American
Gun Co.!! American
Arms Co. was in Boston and made the George H. Fox designed side-swing hammer doubles, and later the Whitmore designed hammerless doubles as well as cheap revolvers and semi-hammerless singles and doubles.
