![]() ![]() Ron is right about the pressure cruves and all that. so i was wrong and every one else who was quoting the 1900 date were right. i have discovered a new paper article dated februtelling about the recent fire at the H&A factory. In the past i have used the date februas the date of the fire at he H&A factory. H&A found a spot on the finished products left over at the F&W factory for their name. I believe it is actually a forehand arms co. i don't thing i have ever seen an H&A manufactured forehand model 1901 with patent dates. it is possible these grips are replacement. when H&A took over F&W there was abundance of grips and they used them well into the 1900's. I hate to disagree with ron on this one but i am going to have to say unless the revolver itself is marked with the H&A name it was manufactured between 18. charles carder four books on Hopkins & Allen does have a lot of information on the connection between forehand arms co. (unless i am reading in the wrong place). as the "forehand automaitic."įlayderman guide to american antique firearms has a lot of good information on the connection between forehand & wadsworth and ethan allen but does not say anything about the purchase of forehand arms co. the same model that was produced under the forehand arms co. after that time H&A produced a model called "forehand model of 1901". it was early 1899 right after there was a fire in february 1899 at the H&A factory in norwich conn. The only correction i would like to make to what has already been posted is the date Hopkins and Allen purchased forehand arms co. the company was not incorporated but was a partnership. ![]() this must have been one of the first manufactured in 1890 after sullivan forehand took complete control of the company and changed the name, because it is rare to find any forehand arms co. called their top break revolvers "forehand automatiic" (for the auto ejection). The two patent dates you listed were for ejector mechanism for top break revolver. Before answering this question i must state that all forehand & wadsworth and forehand arms company revolvers were made for black powder cartridge pressure only. ![]()
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