Forehand And Wadsworth Serial Numbers

Forehand & Wadsworth DOUBLE ACTION.32 Rimfire Pistol recent addition to my collection This Forehand & Wadworth No32,was made in approx 1880. It is a 6 shot, double action Pocket Pistol chambered in.32 rimfire.It is in superb Museum standard condition, it functions perfectly with no play in the cylinder. See - Forehand & Wadsworth Company and Forehand & Wadsworth.32 S&W caliber, 5 shot double action revolver, solid frame, 2' barrel, marked FOREHAND ARMS CO. WORCESTER MASS.U.S / PAT'D DEC.7 '86 & JAN.11.87.

The Forehand Arms Company 1898-1902 Perfection Automatic was chambered for the.32 S&W or.38 S&W cartridges (centerfire). Hopkins and Allen Arms Company purchased Forehand Arms Company in 1902 and continued producing the Perfection Automatic under the Forehand name until 1907 when H & A upgraded their line of firearms. None of my references indicate that the Forehand branded handguns (either Forehand or H & A production) were produced for smokeless powder cartridges and I have to assume they were chambered for the Black Powder versions of the.32 S&W and.38 S&W cartridges. Black Powder ammunition in.32 S&W and.38 S&W is generally available from: [Broken link] Retail value for a gun in good or better condition would range from $100 to $150 depending on mechanical and bore condition and remaining original metal finish. Serenty79: By definition, a 'Suicide Special' is a single action, solid frame, metallic cartridge revolver with spur trigger rigid cylinders freed by the removal of a center pin. These revolvers were usually sold under a trade or sales name that was stamped somewhere on the revolver.

Fore hand arms shotgun serial numbers Is. Forehand Wadsworth single barrel shotgun. Of serial numbers of Forehand Wadsworth. Help with Hopkins, Allen shotgun. The model numbers number is. Serial28859, early 20th century. 1890, finally Forehand Arms Co. Hopkins Allen Arms Company was a US firearms. FOREHAND ARMS CO. In 1890, believing his name had achieved prominence, Forehand renamed his company Forehand Arms Co. That’s a useful bit of trivia because it helps assign general dates to the Forehand guns, and it means that any F&W product labeled “Forehand & Wadsworth” was built well before 1898 and can be considered an antique, free of federal transfer restrictions.

While Forehand and Wadsworth made a significant quantity of 'Suicide Specials' into the 1880's, production was gradually reduced and discontinued by 1890 when Sullivan Forehand changed the company to Forehand Arms Company. Forehand Arms Company did not make any 'Suicide Special' models in the period 1890-1902 when the company was sold to Hopkins and Allen Arms Company. The Forehand Arms Company Perfection Automatic revolver was produced between 1898 and 1902. There are no records to give a more exact date.

Hi Ron, Sounds like you have a Forehand Arms, Double Action Revolver. If so it was manufactured somewhere between 1871 and 1890. I don't have serial number information at hand so I can't get any closer than that. Forehand Arms Co.

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Was purchased by Hopkins & Allen in 1902 and some of the pistol designs were produced by H&A for many years after that with the Hopkins & Allen name on them. In good condition (which should be judged by a competent gunsmith) it can be fired with.32 S&W black powder cartridges. I have put.32 S&W Short smokeless cartridges through them on occasion but this will definitely damage the gun if more than a few are fired in it, and can cause it come 'unglued' if it is not in good condition. Hope this helps a little.

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HOPKINS & ALLEN

Hopkins & Allen was best known for inexpensive pocket revolvers. Firms like H&A, H&R and Iver Johnson have been called “Armorers to the Nation’s Nightstands” in recognition of the common use of their products. At its peak, H&A was one of the largest American firearms manufacturers with production quantities approaching those of firms like Colt and Winchester.When H&A was formed in 1868, it took over production of Bacon Manufacturing Co. revolvers. Later, it acquired other makers such as Davenport Firearms (1901) and Forehand & Wadsworth (1902). The high-quality Merwin Hulbert & Co. (q.v.) revolvers produced in the 1870s and 1880s are usually found marked with the Hopkins & Allen name on the barrels.Trade names used by H&A on revolvers included Acme, Allen 22, American Eagle, Americus, Aristocrat, Black Prince, Blue Jacket, Blue Whistler, Buckeye, Bulldog, Captain Jack, Creedmoor, Czar, Dictator, Double Action No., Dreadnaught, Duchess, Duke, Encore, Essex, Excelsior, Expert, Forehand Model, Hinsdale, Imperial Arms, Life Guard, Metropolitan Police, Monarch, Morley, Mountain Eagle, Non XL, Old Hickory, Pointer, Range Model, Ranger, Red Jacket, Safety Police, Scott, Swamp Angel, Terror, The Challenge, Toledo Firearms, Towers Police Safety, Tramps Terror, Universal, Wolverine, XL, XLCR, and Xpert. Often these guns would not have the H&A name on them. Other firms also used some of these names for their products. Trade names reported on H&A long guns included Chichester, Cannon Breech, Douglas Arms, Dreadnought, King Nitro, KK, Seminole, and Worlds Fair. This is a recently revised and expanded section. Readers with comments and suggestions are invited to contact the editor.

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