Picked this up for a decent price. Barrels are bright with no dings and they ring. It's on face and functions properly. Sidelock action. But my internet search can't confirn model and when it was made. I need someone who has the H&A shotgun book to be sure.
What I think it is is the Forehand Model Sidelock that H&A adopted and sold after the fire of 1900. I've read other accounts that what it was but this one doesn't have the word Forehand on it like the pictures I found in my internet search. It was inferred that H&A might have discontinued the use of the word 'Forehand' around 1906. But I don't know if H&A ever produced a sidelock model of their own. I'm pretty sure they produced a box lock model of their own after 1900.
Anyone with information/knowledge of what H&A produced?
I own enough H&A's I really need to buy Goforth's books. But I think the H&A Shotgun book was authored by someone else.
What I think it is is the Forehand Model Sidelock that H&A adopted and sold after the fire of 1900. I've read other accounts that what it was but this one doesn't have the word Forehand on it like the pictures I found in my internet search. It was inferred that H&A might have discontinued the use of the word 'Forehand' around 1906. But I don't know if H&A ever produced a sidelock model of their own. I'm pretty sure they produced a box lock model of their own after 1900.
Anyone with information/knowledge of what H&A produced?
I own enough H&A's I really need to buy Goforth's books. But I think the H&A Shotgun book was authored by someone else.