I am trying to find information about my Great Grand Father’s shotgun. It has twist steel barrels, two large hammers (double gun) and NO serial number. What it does have on one side is “june 1883” and the other side is “Keystone arms”. The old guy was a civil war vet and was rumored to be “very handy” with most firearms.
I have been looking on the net but can’t find anything about keystone arms before 1909. If any of y’all have any information or source of information, I would be most grateful.
Darlington Gun Works would be your go to on something like that 1-843-393-3931 located in Darlington, SC. Jim Kelley is one of the best gun smiths in the country when it comes to double barrels. Literally people from all over the world go to him.
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Surprised I got that on first search. I sure wouldn’t rely on anything this link provides tho as far as value. But I would on the not shooting modern ammo part…
I wish I had a gun from my Great Grandfather!! Sweet no matter what it is. My Grandfather from England has some really awesome pieces, but they all went into the Furnace when England demanded it.
When I was a kid my dad had an old double barrel. Guessing it probably belong to my grandfather. I remember the hammers being kind of fancy. And the trigger guard was rolled & kind of fancy.
When I was 12 or 13 my dad traded it for a Mossberg slugster. For me to deer hunt with.
Back up a couple years when I was 10 or 11 and my parents were not home I got the shotgun out. Loaded it and caught both barrels. When I pulled one trigger must have hit the other. Peeled the meat off my thumb and put me on the ground. My parents got home a couple hours later. My mom walked down the hallway where the gun was at in the closet. Apparently she smelled the burnt powder. Boy I got my a$$ tore up over that
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Thank y’all very much! I don’t care much about the dollar value of the old gun. I just like to look at it and think about the man who owned it. The things he saw in his time. He was commissioned in the CSA because he could read and write (mentioned in dispatches at the battle of Olustee, Fl.), saw the advent of the airplane and motor cars, etc, etc.
Hi Sarge. I came across this forum from 2008. It sounds like it may be a Belgium import if it has proof marks and Damascus Barrels. I have an old Remington hammerless from about 1900 that belonged to my Great Grandfather, has Damascus Barrels.