March
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online Now
4 members (LRF, bsteele, David Williamson, Ted Schefelbein), 826 guests, and 5 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums10
Topics38,374
Posts544,016
Members14,391
Most Online1,258
Mar 29th, 2024
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
Sidelock
**
OP Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
I have access to a 20 gauge NR davis AJAX grade- 28" monoblocked barrels, DT, extractors- good to very good condition, have test fired with- Dan Schleinder lists this in his 2008 red book of gun values- my guess- a Hardware Store line from a volume maker of middle grade doubles- but MonoBlocked barrels- and they are Nitro Steel- hummm???


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 683
Sidelock
*
Offline
Sidelock
*

Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 683

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477
Deja vu all over again.

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,883
Likes: 106
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,883
Likes: 106
N.R. Davis & Sons of Assonet, Mass., was one of the first U.S. manufacturers of breech loading double barrel shotguns. N.R. Davis was taken over by Warner Arms Corp around WW-I. Warner moved the assets from the original factory in Assonet, Mass. to their plant in Norwich, Conn. in 1919, and became Davis-Warner Arms Corp.

From the 1926 E.K. Tryon catalogue --



They continued to manufacture Davis doubles until about 1926 when they closed the plant and tried their hand at importing guns from Belgium. In early 1930 Davis-Warner was purchased by J. Stevens Arms Company (owned and operated by Savage Arms Corp.). A Stevens memo dated May 23, 1930, announced the acquisition and the intent to resume manufacture of the Davis doubles. Another Stevens memo dated December 15, 1930, announced the purchase from H&D Folsom Arms Company of the assets of Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich, Connecticut. The memo went on to say that the assets of Crescent would be merged with those of Davis-Warner Arms Corporation and that the newly formed firm would be known as The Crescent-Davis Arms Corporation, Norwich, Conn. Crescent-Davis would be operated as a competitor of J. Stevens.





The new firm was no more successful than its predecessors. On November 4, 1935, an order of dissolution was filed with the New York Secretary of State. So, after that the remains must have been moved to Chicopee Falls and assembled and sold off under various names. Crescent-Davis and Springfield guns shown in the 1938 to 1941 Stevens paper I have all appear to be variations on the 311. The Springfield 311 had a casehardened receiver while the Crescent-Davis 600 and 900 had blued receivers.


Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,456
Likes: 86
Sidelock
*
Offline
Sidelock
*

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,456
Likes: 86


How you do that ? shocked

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,698
Likes: 99
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,698
Likes: 99
Click on the hot link (in blue)to get to whatever you want to refer someone to. Then left click and copy the URL (I think its called) in the box at the top of the screen and left click and paste it in your text. It will magically turn blue and become a hot link someone else can follow...Geo

Good luck with my poor computer instructions.

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 853
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 853
Run with the Fox-
The Davis Ajax wold have been 1920's production and definitely steel barrels.
I have a Hy-Power I use for trap.


Ask not for whom the dog barks, it barks for thee...
NRA Life Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
Sidelock
**
OP Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
Thanky kindly there Craig- I once owned a LeFever Durston Special 20 set up about like this N.R. Davis- but like a dummy. sold it-- If I can buy this AJAX for the right price, I may- I test fired it twice (That old Lawrence T. Berra "De Ja Vue" number I suppose and it has good mechanics and shoot to point of aim- why would they monoblock steel barrels on a Hardware store line of economy boxlock doubles?

And for George- my computers "skills" are lesser than yourn- what kinda paste to you use for the URL thingy process? Would Elmer's white schoolhouse glue also work as well?? RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
Sidelock
**
OP Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158
Likes: 114
Thanks- I see the ad shows the AJAX with the Monoblocked barrels, this gun has NO proof marks or other i.d. stamps on the barrels, barrel lugs- the watertable has the D2525 serial number, I have no idea the exact dom--RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Link Copied to Clipboard

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack

Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!


Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 0.069s Queries: 33 (0.048s) Memory: 0.8346 MB (Peak: 1.8989 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2024-03-29 11:21:06 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS