rifle i.d. help

jkokavec

March 01, 2003 11:44

i got a rifle that appears to be a .22 cal single shot. it looks kinda like a remington #4, the following is on top of the barrel; NEW YORK CLUB PAT APRIL 14 1891 ; THE FOLSOMARMS CO. N.Y. USA ; CRESCENT FIREARMS CO NORWICH CONN. MANUFACTURERS. the reciever has nothing on it. it also has a steel curved butt-plate , i was wondering what this rifle is chambered for and whats it approx. value, and any additional information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated. the condition is approx.80-90%

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  rufe-snow

  March 01, 2003 19:13

  The only reference I could find on your rifle, noted that "early in the1890's Crescent built a rifle that resembled the Remington No.4"
  You might want to get a hold of some of the books written by FRANK deHAAS and JAMES J. GRANT both of these gentlemen wrote multiple titles on single shot rifles. Perhaps you'll find information on your rifle in one of their books?
  
  Any "COMPETENT" Gunsmith can make a chamber cast of your rifle, with low melting point alloy. This will give you the dim's of your chamber and groove diameter of the rifling. With this data you can figure out what cartridge your rifle will function with.

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  Xracer

  March 02, 2003 04:41

  H & D Folsom Arms Co. was a distributor and gun mail order house that sold guns under their own trade names made by a variety of manufacturers.
  
  Crescent was a very large maker of low-priced guns (mostly shotguns) of decent quality, made under hundreds of names for the hardware store and mail order trade.
  
  Your gun is most likely a .22 rimfire made for BLACKPOWDER and will NOT be safe with hi-velocity ammunition.
  
  I agree with Rufe Snow on the chamber cast to determine if it was made for .22 RF Short only (a lot of these early guns were), or if it will also take longs and long rifles.

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  jkokavec

  March 06, 2003 20:06

  Thanks for the information everyone. jkokavec.

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