Crescent Arms SxS?
I recently inherited a Crescent Arms .410 side by side, it is stamped with Crescent Arms Empire Hammer No.60, no markings found on the barrels, stocks in rough shape. My questions are, does anyone know where to find more complete info on this shotgun, what is it worth, and should I bother repairing the stocks? Thanks in advance. Mick.
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Aside from the fact that you have a Crescent gun (pre Savage/Stevens), there isn't much to say other than what you can glean from what's published about the company. They made good economical guns and marked many of them with trade names.
Your .410... Too bad it isn't in better shape because it would be highly desirable. The question of repair isn't easily answered because I have no way of determining the extent of damage.
Oftimes a stock can be repaired to the point of being acceptable. The other option is replacement, but that opens an entirely different can of worms. It's expensive, it's difficult, and it's often impossible to get a quality job that matches the original.
Nord0 -
The standard catalog of firearms tells everything (almost) about Crescent fire arms..
The company made good quality inexpensive single and double barrel shotguns at its Norwich works beginning about 1892...It was bought by H&D Folsom of New York City....They were offered in 12 16 20 and 28 gauges and alter 44XL shot caliber with Damascus twist laminated or Armory steel barrels depending on the shooters wants. In 1898 VL&D said these were the best American hammmer guns in the market for the money.
Hugse quantities of theses "hardware guns" were produced in the profusion of private brands as well as in Folsom's house brand American Gun Co. of NY and can be found on many thousand of doubles.
In 1905 Crescent's first hammerless sidelock was introduced as the American Gun Co. Knickerbocker Model 6..This very popular model became the Crescent Peerless No. 6 in 1922. In 1928 it became the [b}Crescent Empire No. 60[/b] and in 1931 the Cresecent_Davis New Empire No.88, New Empire N0.9 and Empire No.9
Crescent was bought by J. Stevens Arms company Division of Savage Arms Corp about 1930.. It was merged with Davis-Warner Arms corp, successors to N>R> Davis& Sons Co. and became Crescent-Davis Arms Corp. In 1932 the operation was moved to the Stevens plant at Springfield Mass, where tsome side lock doubles were assembled. Crescent-Davis brand guns remained in the Stevens full line catalog until 1941 butf rom 1937 to 1941 the doubles sold in teh D-D brand were either Stevens or Davis boxlock frames..
IN the book on page 369 they liste the Crescent Empire No. 60 Hammerless Sidelock with a value of 300 at excellent and 100 at poor....I dont know if this is the one you have as you didnt say if it was hammerless or not....
Lil' Stinker's Opinion0 -
As BlackRoses says, Crescent made a variety of shotguns in various quality grades under literally hundreds of different brand names.
All of them, even the cheapest, were decent quality guns, but the ones actually marked with the Crescent brand name, tended to be their higher quality shotguns.
If the barrel/action are in good shape, I'd say it's worth it to repair the stocks.
I have a friend whose wife bought a Crescent Empire 12 ga. SxS at a yard sale. It's a "plain Jane" gun, but very well made.0 -
I tend to agree with Nord, particularly with regard to his comment about not being able to assess the damage.I suggest you go to "completed auctions" and do a search for Crescent. A couple of these .410's sold recently, and you can compare these to yours as to condition. 0 -
There are a couple of 410's on auction now.....
Lil' Stinker's Opinion0 -
Thanks for the info! My Crescent is hammerless and, the foregrip is in relatively good shape but, the buttstock is cracked near the trigger guard and is held together with electrical tape, i haven't pulled the tape off to examine the extent of the damage. The finish is evenly worn with no major pitting and, the fit is loose but serviceable. Mick. 0
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