Alfred Field & co 12 guage SXS

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I am trying to get an approximate value for a shotgun that my father owns


Markings on the barrel are as follows. Alfred Field & Co London First Award Melbourne Centenial Exibition 1888 & 9. It is in good condition for the age. Bores are bright, 1/3 of the finish is worn off of the butstock. I do not see any cracks in the wood other than a small peice of black wood (picture 4). Both hammers apear to work, I would guess it has not been fired in the last 50 years.


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Any help you can offer would be appreciated.
 
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Sir - I can't find any reference to Alfred Field in my reference books. Would you please let us see all the stamps and marks on this fine-looking old gun? Look underneath the barrels by the breeching, and also on the water-tables - the flat part of the breech - for any marks.

If it IS a London-made gun, it should be literally covered with stamps. Whatever you find there, please post and we'll be able to help you more.

tac
 
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Here's what I found in the "Breech Loading Shotgun In America 18765 to 1940" written by Joseph T. Vorisek.
Alfred Field & Co. A large sporting goods dealer located in London and Birmingham, England and in New York City.
London-1890s-199a Bishop Street Without
Birmingham-1891 to 1914-77 Edmund Street
New York- 1891 to 1900 (no street address given)
For a company that was quite large and well known in its day, little information exists regarding its actual operations. Based on its Birmingham address it is entirely possible that it actually made some guns on its own however other evidence indicates it was just a large retailer. The company registered the following trademarks in Belgium
Progress Rifle
Santon
F & C intertwined inside 2 circles
Edward Gem & Co.
I looked in two price references, The Blue Book of Gun Values and The Official Price Guide for Antique And Modern Firearms and there was no listing for this name. So I'm guessing what you have is a gun made by some other maker and sold by Field.


Read more: http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=185814&view=next#ixzz17A18RLFu


Cheers,

Bob
 
I added a couple of pictures, one of them shows the stamps under the breach. Thanks for the help thus far.




tacfoley said:
Sir - I can't find any reference to Alfred Field in my reference books. Would you please let us see all the stamps and marks on this fine-looking old gun? Look underneath the barrels by the breeching, and also on the water-tables - the flat part of the breech - for any marks.

If it IS a London-made gun, it should be literally covered with stamps. Whatever you find there, please post and we'll be able to help you more.

tac
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"Field & Co., Alfred 1890-1900 , custom gunmakers in London." "English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers" A M Carey
 
Looks to be a good quality Birmingham made shotgun, in reasonable condition, better than most. The Birmingham gun trade produced thousands upon thousands of perfectly serviceable guns in this period.
With bright bores and a tight action, there are those who would be interested in it as a shooter. The topic of shooting guns with welded barrels has been discussed at length previously. There are those that do and those that won't. Personal decision.
Value? Guns like this one don't tend to sell for large amounts. I would guess somewhere in the vicinity of $300.
 
mooncoon said:
I think I would echo Tiriaq's opinion of $300 in this area (BC)

cheers mooncoon
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X3 - it would be fun to shoot some birds with that gun!:)
The only thing I don't like about it is the POW grip ,I would have liked a traditional English straight grip , but that is only a preference - one is not better than the other, IMO.
Cat
 
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