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  • Ned Fall
    GORDAN GUN CO. "Trade Brand Name" shotgun. Three possibilities as to maker. If the name is just J. GORDAN the gun was made by Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich,CT If the name is GORDAN GUN COMPANY and the gun is a hammer double, it was made in Belgium by an unknown maker. Look on the bottom of the barrels for Belgian proof marks which are the letters "ELG" in an oval with a crown over that. And if the name is GORDAN GUN COMPANY MODEL 1908 and the barrels are marked FINE DAMASCUS, the gun was made by Hopkins & Allen. Don't know who sold it. In any case you say it's in rough condition, don't attempt to shoot it!
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  • Robert Coleman
    Thanks Ned for the info. Its looks like its the Belgium made...and its a wall hanger and conversation piece not a shooter......any estimate on age of the gun?
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  • ruger41
    How COOL--I have the same gun although not in as good of condition as yours. Never have seen another til now. Bought mine back in the early 1980's and is just a wallhanger.
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  • Ned Fall
    Robert and Ruger.
    Glad to be able to almost identify your guns. Now for a bit more information. Between 1880 and 1914 when World War One, The Great War or The War to End All Wars (choose one) stopped exports from Europe in general and Belgium in particular hundreds if not thousands of "Trade Brand Name" shotguns were imported into the U.S. Of course not all the names were recorded. There were a large number of makers in Belgium and among the largest was a company know as Henri Pieper and later Anciens Establissment Pieper. We can blame him for making your guns. Belgian made guns of the period were designed for the ammunition in use at the time which was black powder and maybe, just maybe early low pressure smokeless powder. The guns also had damascus barrels. They were not designed for more modern high pressure smokeless powder, 3 inch or magnum shells or steel shot. My recommendation is that you don't attempt to shoot the gun. Value? Everyone wants to know. Value depends on condition. the amount of original finish remaining on the metal and wood as well as the mechanical condition. Values can range from about $175 for one that appears to have come out of the factory yesterday afternoon to less than $10 for a rusty rotten incomplete piece of junk fit only for a tomato stake.
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  • ruger41
    Would never shoot mine--strictly a wallhanger which is what I was looking for at the time--I think I paid less than $70 for it.
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