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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Anonymous...or not?

« on: February 05, 2013, 04:42:27 pm »

Waywardangler, thank you for your advice. I'm not worried about it though, there are 188 people in the U.S., in my age group, with the same name as mine. There are 3 within 20 miles of me, and none of us are related.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: late 1800's Crescent 410 ga shotgun

« on: February 05, 2013, 04:35:50 pm »

Why do you guys think I said to ask a gun dealer first?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: McDonald Cooperative Flint Michigan milk bottle

« on: February 02, 2013, 03:01:40 am »

I'd love to get my hands on one of those. My grand father used to work for them out of Jackson, MI. My Dad has one of their milk cans, a bottle would make a great addition to it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: late 1800's Crescent 410 ga shotgun

« on: February 02, 2013, 02:55:09 am »

J&L, here's on other piece of info I thought I'd pass along. A Gun Collector friend of mine said that the .410 can also fire .45cal colt pistol rounds made for the colt revolver, but only colt .45 rounds and only the revolver. Now before you try this I would check with a gun dealer first, but I just thought I'd pass that little tid bit along.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: late 1800's Crescent 410 ga shotgun

« on: February 02, 2013, 02:43:36 am »

Hi J&L, how's the search going? I too, have the same .410 that you inquired about, and have been doing some research on it. The shotgun originally belonged to my Dad's Uncle Bud. They lived on a huge farm in Michigan. Uncle Bud gave it to my Dad, and now it's mine. It's a Victor Ejector from Crescent Fire Arms, Norwich Conn.  I have found that the .410 was the most popular gun that was made by them, but the Victor Ejector was made in the .12, .16, .20, .410 gauge range. They had two physical locations where they could be bought, Chicago, and New York. I think that they were also available in Sears and Roebuck Catalogs.  One source, I can't recall which one, said that these guns were sold in Hardware stores.  I have also seen some articles where they refer to the .410, as a pistol with a 12 inch barrel.I hope this helps. I'm going to try to attach a picture of an advertisement for the gun.