I need help >.< 1914 hercules side by side

[yelahw]

Ive come to own this side by side 12 gauge shotgun and ive tryed to reserch it and come up trumped because the dates dont match with anything ive seen online, it has the word hercules on the reciver and just beside it say Feb-10-1914 montgomery ward & co it has the external hammers all the gun is original cept the stock not too sure bout it, but barrel reciver/ trigger assembly even the forgrip have matchin serial numbers (62625) hopefully some one will be able to shed some light on it for me please xD

 

[s&wchad]

It's hard to tell from your photos, but it appears to be a Stevens Riverside 215 branded for Montgomery Ward. Do a Google image search and see if that's it.

 

[Stevie]

I was thinking it looked like a Stevens too

 

[forindooruseonly]

Iver Johnson made a "Hercules" shotgun, but the ones I've seen we're hammerless.

 

[2152hq]

The 2/10/14 patent is a Stevens patent for the particulars of the SxS mechanism. Accumulators of Stevens' call it the Lewis Patent for the inventor.

You find it and an April1915 pat date on the earlier Stevens SxS's.

Hercules was a store brand of Montgomery Wards back then on Stevens and Iver Johnson and probably other firearms.
I think Cresent or Folsom might have used the it as well.
..plus IJ made a 'Hercules' model SxS hammerless as well as already pointed out in their own linup.