crescent firearms co

[GSFLH05]

iam trying to find out about the company it was in norwich connecticut and did thay make a 410 single shot brakeopen pistol and if so what it would be worth

 

[GSFLH05]

iam trying to find out about the company it was in norwich connecticut and did thay make a 410 single shot brakeopen pistol and if so what it would be worth

 

[deadin]

Be careful! I'm not sure if Crescent ever made a .410 pistol. There's a good chance it was made from a .410 shotgun, in which case it's contraband. (Illegal without a tax stamp)

 

[GSFLH05]

that is my side but some guys think that they know it all i know savage and h&r made them he thought that cresent made them also

 

[deadin]

Add Ithaca to your list also. They made one called the "Auto Burgler".,
I just looked at my Curio and Relic List and, yes, Cresent did make one. It is listed as "Cresent, Certified Shotgun .410 gauge, with 12 1/4" barrel and pistol grip."
It is listed in Section IV: NFA Weapons Classified as Curio or Relics Under 18 U.S.C Chapter 44.
I think that means they still have to have a Tax Stamp. Don't know if you can get one on an unregistered gun or not (after the fact).
Maybe someone familiar with SBS and AOW statutes will chime in.

 

[Jellybean]

I have a double barrel shotgun made my the Crescent Firearm Co. The only marking on it was "Daniel Boone". From what I could find Crescent made the shotgun for the Belknap Hardware Co. in Louisville, Ky.

From "The Official Identification Guide to Gun Marks": "Crescent Firearms Company-Established in Norwich, Connecticut in 1892. Manufacturer of shotguns and handguns, it was purchased by H&D Folsom in 1893, and absorbed by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company in 1926."

 

[opoefc]

Cresent Fire Arms Co., began in Norwich around early 1890s and made 1,000s of good quality for the money shotguns with damascus and/or steel barrels. They were bought by H&D Folsum Co. of New York, and continued using the Cresent name, plus names for various hardware and sporting goods cos. that wanted a house brand for their wares. Folsum's house brand "American Gun Co." was eventually phased out and the Cresent name was used. In 1930 the Cresent brand was sold to J.Steven division of the Savage Arms Corp. Shotguns were made in all barrel lengths and 12,16,20,28 and 410 ga. in hammer and hammerless styles. In 1930 to 1932 the Cresent-Davis Arms Co. of Norwich made a 12.25 in. barreled single shot called the Cresent Certified Shotgun. J.Stevens continued production to 1934 and called it the "Ever-Ready" model. The National Firearms Act of 1934 stopped the production, as it was ruled a firearm in the "any other catagory weapon" requiring a $200 tax stamp to transfer, when the gun cost $11 new! If the gun was not registered and the tax paid originally, or in the later amnesty period, it is now an illegal to posess firearm that you do not want to be found with, or your entire gun collection could go to the crusher while you go to the pokey! There is no current provision to register any previously unregistered weapons of this style.

 

[Jellybean]

Did they jack up the cost of the AOW transfer stamp? I'm not an expert by any means but they used to be only $5 and this would have covered a short barreled shotgun with a pistol grip. A short barreled shotgun with a shoulder stock would be a $200 stamp, doesn't make any sense to me either.

 

[Jellybean]

There is no current provision to register any previously unregistered weapons of this style.

Again I'm not an expert on this, but... I do have three NFA firearms and used to talk to a class II gunsmith. He worked for a class III dealer who was a...never mind we won't go there.
Anyway, there was a way that an unregistered firearm could be made legal to transfer to an individual. If a class II gunsmith did any "modificatons" to it and registered it properly. For more information you need to talk to a real class II gunsmith, this has been awhile and some of the laws may have changed.

 

[GSFLH05]

thanks for all the good info it all helps