Choose your Firearm Forehand Arms Co Revolver By Photos Cornell Publications LLC | Links To Forehand & Wadsworth. Readers with comments and suggestions are invited to contact the editor. This is a recently revised and expanded section. Trade names reported on H&A long guns included Chichester, Cannon Breech, Douglas Arms, Dreadnought, King Nitro, KK, Seminole, and Worlds Fair. Other firms also used some of these names for their products. Often these guns would not have the H&A name on them. (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. Later, it acquired other makers such as Davenport Firearms (1901) and Forehand & Wadsworth (1902). 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. Overall good condition and does appear to function.
This was a paten date of 1891 and serial number of 121237, manufactured from 1891-1902 This pistol has a 2 1/2' octagon barrel. REVOLVER SIGN Wonderful antique embossed tin advertising sign measuring 13-3/4 long by 9-5/8. The pistol has the early F&W black grips. Metal ADVERTISING SIGN, REVOLVER ANTIQUE FOREHAND ARMS CO. The nickel plating is in 95 condition and includes everything except the trigger, trigger guard, hammer and top latch which are all blued. 32 S&W caliber and in EXCELLENT condition.
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. This is a Forehand Arms Company Worcester Mass. Double Action Top Break Revolver Description: An American made 5 shot revolver top break, double action in. Hopkins & Allen was best known for inexpensive pocket revolvers.