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  • Quinc
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2010
    • 3011

    Fremont Arms 10ga?

    Fremont Arms Co was made by Crescent and also imported from Belgium for H & D Folsom of NY City.

    Anyone have anymore info or know what they are worth?

    10 Gauge
    Date rage between 1920-1930
    Hammer type
    Double barrel
    Has Fremont Arms and Belgium stamped on the side.

    And the insignia is an egg with a crown with EL G * inside of it.
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    Mike A
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 1209

    "Insignia" is a Belgian proof mark. If you don't get an answer here, ask over on www.doublegunshop.com/BBS Personally I have never heard of this brand, although Crescents and the H.D. Folsum Hardware Co. are well known.

    What is the action type? What kind of steel are the barrels? Chamber length?

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      Quinc
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      • Jan 2010
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      Yes here is a picture of it on the bottom left.
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        Mike A
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        • Nov 2007
        • 1209

        If this gun lacks the E.C. proof, it may have been proofed only for black powder. That would argue an earlier manufacture than the '20s, I think. Some American "Belgian" shotguns only had Belgian barrels, which were highly regarded in the 19th and early 20th centuries (even some very high-grade American and British shotguns used them). But I think that "final proof" mark means the gun was completed in Belgium.

        We'd need pictures to know what quality of gun it is. Many of these are just farmers' "hardware store"guns; what shotgun collectors call "JABC"s (stands for "Just Another Belgian Clunker"). But they kept many of our ancestors and their livestock safe, not a small thing.

        Most folks just couldn't afford a Winchester or a Remington. So they went to the mail order catalog or the hardware store and got a shotgun like yours, and took care of it and used it to survive. A very good thing.

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          Quinc
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          • Jan 2010
          • 3011

          After some more research looks like they are worth 100-200$ And sold for 7$ in stores like Sears in the early 1900's.
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