#125 • Victor Crescent Firearms Company 20 gauge Single Shot Shotgun

Part of Sportsman’s Auction (timed auction by Isgett Auction Marketing)

High bid $281.00

Status: Sold

Fair Condition, some rust on barrel Victor Crescent Firearms Norwich, CT, USA Barrel Length 29 in. The Victor 20-gauge single-shot shotgun was built by the Crescent Firearms Company, a major American manufacturer of affordable "hardware store" shotguns from the late 1800s through the 1930s. Production Era: Most Crescent-marked "Victor" or "Victor Special" single-shot and double-barrel shotguns date from the early 1900s up to the 1930s (with some variations produced into the 1940s after Savage/Stevens acquisitions). Brand Name: "Victor" was a trade name used by Crescent or distributed through hardware wholesalers and catalog companies like H.D. Folsom. Crescent produced over 2.5 million shotguns under hundreds of different brand names.