SXS 12ga info?

jkks

October 26, 2004 07:00

I recently picked up a SxS 12ga /the only marking on gun are
Chicago Long Range Wonder /Damascus Barrel/Gun is about 85% Good bores.I think that it was sold by Sears? Im looking for the oridginal MFG/Years Made /Is it collectable??

Jim

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  nord

  October 26, 2004 16:33

  Trade guns don't carry a wealth of information. Damascus would probably indicate Belgian tubes. There'll very likely be a ELG stamped on the underside of the tubes. If not, then a domestic product using foreign tubes imported in the rough.
  
  Timeframe of no later than the start of WW1 (+/- a couple of years) going back to the 1880's.
  
  Not generally appreciated by the collector crowd.
  
  Nord

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  CountryGunsmith

  October 26, 2004 17:20

  Except for freaks like me.
  
  The 'Chicago Long Range Wonder' shotguns were indeed sold by Sears, but they were domestically made. I have seen specimens attributable to Crescent Firearms, Stevens, and Meriden Firearms.
  
  We know from old Sears catalogs that hammerless doubles by that name were being offered c.1902.
  
  Nord is right, though, these old trade-name shotguns are not generally collected. Value is going to be well below $200, and only that high because of the US manufacture. With its 'Damascus' barrels, it is not safe to fire with ANY modern ammunition.
  
  
  
  Scrappy Doo sleeps with the fishes.

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