Union Firearms Co
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I have a SxS 12 ga shotgun made by Union Firearms Co in Toledo Oh. The
gun is a wall hanger as it has damascus barrels.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction as to find information on
this long gone company?
Thanks!
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gun is a wall hanger as it has damascus barrels.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction as to find information on
this long gone company? >>
Union Firearms Co. Toledo, Oh. Founded in 1903 By George Colton. Inexpensive
and average quality. Many if not all shotguns were fitted with imported
barrels. Purchased by Ithaca in 1913 (to kill competition).
From: "Side by Sides of the World" by Charles Carder Anvil Onze Pub. Out of
print.
www.hoosiergunworks.com
sa...@hoosiergunworks.com
317-897-2763 9-5 CST M-F (Phone -Fax)
Fax and E-mail 24-7
200,00 Gun Parts, 1,500 Stocks and 2,000 Magazines. Military and Commercial
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Full line of Ramline Synthetic Rifle and Shotgun stocks.
Spinacia
another site:
"Union Arms evolved in a tangled web from Colton and Hickox (1891), later
Colton Manufacturing Co. by 1894. By 1901 Colton was listed as gun
manufacturers in the Toledo directories. Colton was manufacturing guns
for Sears & Roebuck which appear in the 1900 and 1901 Sears catalogs.
On September 8, 1902 the Union Firearms Co. was incorporated.
Sears needing a supply of cheaper repeating shotguns than the Winchesters or
Marlins, had a plan to acquire the remains of Spencer, from Francis
Bannermann who had been manufacturing the Spencer pump, and move the
equipment to Toledo.
This apparently went wrong, and Colton and his people (including
Charles Lefever, son of Uncle Dan) went ahead on their own to
manufacture a pump. Union made a slightly different version of the pump
for Sears. Union was also manufacturing a double with ejectors by 1903.
Both this and the pump were in Sears 1903 catalog. Their last listing in
the Toledo city directory was 1913.
By Union Fire Arms Company's 1905 catalogue they were making a single
trigger double with a Lefever patent single trigger, steel, twist or
Damascus barrels at $25, $26, or $27. Engraving $3.50 extra, fancy
figured stock $3.50 extra, recoil pad $3.50 extra, and ejectors $10
extra. Union's Model 23 was their finely finished gun at $60 with
Laminated or Damacus barrels, ejectors $10 extra. The Model 22 was their
plain double with steel, twist or Damscus barrels at $18, $19, or $21,
ejector $10 extra. Model 24 was the pump gun at $19 with steel barrel,
$20 with Laminated barrel, and $22 with Damascus barrel. They also
offered two hammer single barrels. By the 1911 catalog they had added a
Model 25 Peerless pump gun, and a Model 25A which was a trap gun. I've
condensed this from "Shotgun Research Newsletter" volume three, issue
one".
I hope this helps.........
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Guy A
#I have found out about Union Arms Co in Toledo Ohio. Here is a quote from
#another site:
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Very interesting--thanks. What site are you quoting (URL)?
Guy A
Ripley, TN