I may not have the last name correct.

This weekend I saw a small beer cooler filled with two cardboard boxes marked with the name and address of this company.

The boxes were yellow with a logo of a cowboy on horseback shooting his sixgun.

They had a copyright, or "date of establishment of 1959.

Also in the cooler was a pile of parts, most all unfinished of frames, barrels, and cylinders for .22, .32, and maybe 38 Special and .357 Magnum Colt style single actions.

The grip frames were all brass. Some of the main frames were an alloy.

The springs for the single-actions were coil main-springs and wire bolt and trigger springs.

There were also parts for derringers which looked a lot like the Colt single-shot .22s made in the 1960s to replicate the Theur models (if I have the name right).

Also there were parts, including barrels for the "Four Aces" derringer made to resemble the Sharps four-barrel.

Grips were faux pearl, stag, and black-checkered plastic to resemble the Colt "gutta-percha" with the flag logo on the bottom and the image of the mounted horseman on the top a-la Colt's Rampant Colt or the Cimarron Firearms logo.

Anybody know anything about the company and its products?

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HJS Arms

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Erich, you're a life-saver!

PM me if you like, I owe you a lunch.

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Very well done Erich.

Thanks, gents! And lunch?! I'm there!

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This thread brought back great memories for me. Erl's shop was about 4 miles from where I lived in the 1960's and was located on Rohlwing Road also known as Route 53 in Itasca Illinois. The shop was primarily a machine shop where Erl built his derringers and SAA style guns. The shop included a small shooting range and I would go there to shoot occasionally. I was a young kid and Erl always treated me well when I was there. He had some of his guns to rent and I remember renting one of his SAA revolvers and buying a box of 22 lr to use in it. It was the first 22 lr revolver I had ever fired and remember enjoying it immensely. I was so impressed that the first SW revolver I purchased years later when I got serious was a 1948 K22.

I have had occasion to to see a few of his derringers since and they appear to be very well made. If I find one of his SAA guns in 22 lr I would love to buy it.

Erl went out of business and as it turns out several years when I started my career with the fire department I found out that one of my co-workers family had purchased the property. They lived in the house on the property and turned the shop into a machining business primarily involving screw machines making fasteners. I visited their home and shop on many occasions and always thought of having visited it when Erl was there.

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hsguy, thank you for the post. Very relevant information.

Currently I am in contact with the owner of the parts and the plan is to clean them up and sell them. Probably on Gunbroker.

It appeared that there were enough parts to make 2 to 4 Sharps type derringers.

4 to 8 revolvers of caliber .22, .32?, .38? and .357?

1 to 2 revolvers of the small birdshead .22 with the unfluted cylinder.

All parts are unfinished and may need further machine and/or file work to complete a weapon.

Barrels are threaded, as are frames, cylinders looked complete except for final polish. Some barrels has sights installed, some did not. Springs, screws, small parts, grips, are in the collection as well.

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My MIL gave me one of the Little Aces .22s. Neat little gun. I'd never try to shoot it though. If you search I believe there is a thread here about them.