Research: W. Richards Double Barrel (Breech-Loading) Shotgun Introduction. W. Richards Double Barrel Breech-Loading Shotgun. Hallowell & Co., Livingston, Montana. Firearms Dictionary Gun Glossary Collectors Guns Encyclopedia Terms Definitions Illustrated Sporting Shotgun Rifle Shooting. At JC Militaria we stock a wide range of legally deactivated weapons. These include: pistols, rifles, rocket launchers, machine guns and much more. As with all items. Thanks to the following Forums ( and Google ) for their help with my "Wall Hanger" Research. DoubleGun forums are used to discuss doubleguns, double rifles, drillings, combination-guns and related material. The High Road Forums are dedicated to the discussion and advancement of responsible firearms ownership. Jeremiah Johnson Trading is one of the most experienced dealers of fine antique arms, with over 30 years of collecting. We also specialize in a vast array of. At JC Militaria we stock a number of Antique Guns and Military Equipment. As with all items purchased we guarantee 100% satisfaction. Shotgunworld Forums is intended to be a place for those with a fondness or avid interest, in a particular brand, to discuss them. This is a place where S&W shooters, collectors, and accumulators gather to share data, experiences and knowledge. This Forum is used to ask questions about what an item is worth, find out about its history, or see if someone else knows something about a specific item. Thread Locked (04/24/2014). I have learned the following about my "Wall Hanger". W. Richards was a trade name used on shotguns manufactured by Henri Pieper of Liиge, Belgium and imported by large sporting goods distributors such as H. & D. Folsom Arms Company in the period 1860-1898. His company and its successors operated until the mid-1950. H. & D. Folsom Arms Company was established in 1849 and distributed Birmingham and Belgian ( citizens of Belgium ) made firearms ( including some marked W. Richards and T. Barker ) under many trade names from 1880 until about 1932. The Sept. 26 1889 issue of Forest and Stream Magazine ( A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun ) reported a test of H. & D. Folsom Arms Company's cheapest doubles and observed. "W. Richards" that nonentity in the gun trade, was stamped on the plate, but they were really only those cheap bits of ordnance which come through our custom houses, pay a duty of 40 per cent. , and yet may be placed on the counters of the gun shop at $5 a piece. Forest and Stream Magazine has already in past times expressed its opinion about these pestiferous products of the penurious population clustered on Belgium soil. Synopsis of decisions of the Treasury Department and Board of U. S - Volume 2 - Markings of Guns - Treasury Department - September 25, 1891. ". you add that it has been the custom of manufactures to stamp fictitious names of individuals and other trade words, such as "Richards," "Western," "U. S. Armes Co. ," etc. , upon the lock plates or on the ribs connecting double-barrel guns imported at your port from Belgium; that a number of recent importations of guns from Belgium there is a conspicuous absence of any words to indicate the country of origin. " Page 1207-1208. If you have any thing to add. (i. , additional information, corrections, etc. please don't hestiate to contact me via e-mail at W. Richards Research E-Mail. If you have any thing to add. (i. , additional information, corrections, etc. Due to a fire all data on Belgium Inspector's marks before 1922 are lost. ONLY EXISTING RECORDS REFLECT: Couchant Louis (1923-1952), Scorpion Maurice (1959-1968) and Scorpion Maurice (1974-1990). Due to a fire all data on Belgium Inspector's marks before 1922 are lost. ONLY EXISTING RECORDS REFLECT: Couchant Louis (1923-1952), Scorpion Maurice (1959-1968) and Scorpion Maurice (1974-1990).
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