What is the oldest serial number still around?

[Hammer Gun]

Photos of 97

[Hammer Gun]

one more

[Hammer Gun]

photos of 029

[Milton C Starr]

Is there any information on what #1 was ?

[Dean Romig]

The PGCA records only go back as far as No. 1444





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[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The PGCA records only go back as far as No. 1444





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I thought maybe a private collector had it somewhere .

[Hammer Gun]

I have a period book that tells the location of it Austin did an article from the book in the PPGs, gary

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Gary Carmichael Sr

I have a period book that tells the location of it Austin did an article from the book in the PPGs, gary

Gary, can you tell us what this "period book" is?

Do you know the name of the article?




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[Pa SxS]

The 1868 catalog lists 4 different back action guns. The $50 gun was Best Gun Iron, Plain Finish 12ga. The $75 was Decarbonized steel barrels, 12ga. The $110 was Laminated or Damascus steel barrels, 11 or 12ga. The $125 was Laminated or Damascus steel barrels, 10ga. To my best of knowledge, they were all straight grip guns. I have S/N 63 with Laminated barrels, for a 12B brass or 14ga. paper shell.

[Mike Franzen]

I thought I read that gun #2 is at the Meridan Museum and gun 666 was taken by Wilbur Parker.