![]() ![]() I recommend that you do not attempt to shoot the gun but if you insist, have it checked out by a competent gunsmith, have your life insurance paid up and have a few fingers, hand or eye to spare. They were not designed for more modern high pressure smokeless powder and certainly not 3 inch magnum shells or steel shot. They also have a shorter chamber than modern guns. The guns were designed for the ammunition in use at the time which was either black powder or early low pressure smokeless powder. I can identify you gun as having been made by Crescent. ![]() Crescent made the guns up until 1915 and Stevens made them after 1915. The guns were made for and sold by H & D Folsome of New York City a large wholesale sporting goods dealer. Double barrel shotguns with the name Knickerbocker were made by two makers, Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich,CT (1892 to 1932) and the Stevens Arms & Tool Company of Chicopee Falls,MA. The major makers were only too happy to meet this demand. Shotgun NEW YORK, LATE 19TH CENTURY A twelve gauge Knickerbocker model double barrel shotgun manufactured by the American Gun Co., New York, serial number 82194. Between 18 it was quite common for wholesale and retail sporting goods dealers to want shotguns with names of their own choosing to sell. The gun is what is known as a "Trade Brand Name" shotgun. ![]()
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