J.H. Foster and F.J. Abbey 10 ga Hammer Gun

[Eldon Goddard]

My most recent acquisition. It is a 10 ga hammer gun made by J.H. Foster in Chicago Illinois. I believe this company has some relation to G.T. Abbey. If anyone has more information on this company I would love to learn. The gun is made on the patent made by J.H. Foster using a bifurcating bolting top bite and a purdey thumb lever. The bores measure very large around .780. I do not know if this is from being honed or if this is the original bore size. I see that is marked 11 which would be .751. I shot it yesterday using the load of 19grs red dot and 1 1/8 oz of shot.