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There are load of names in Appendix A of The Golden Age of Shotgunning by Bob Hinman. Some where makers others were just importers or points of gun sales and hunting/sporting paraphernalia.

David Kirkwood (Boston)

Hopkins & Allen, Hunter Arms, Henry Arms Co., Fulton Arms.

Wow! Thats 50 something makers. I never would have thought it.

I would assume most of these were pre 1900?

Buck,

Add Ruger, of course.

The Marlin Firearms Company; manufactured the LC Smith from '67-72 at their North Haven, CT manufacturing facility, also manufactured their Model 90 over/under for many years.

Didn't think Wilkes-Barre was going to show up there for a while. Dave is encyclopedic.

jack

Waverly Arms Co.

for John Roberts, William Schaefer was a company with a fair stable of gunsmiths. Most of the actions started overseas, but all appeared to be finished in the U.S. Nimschke engraved many of them.

To the list you can add the following. Sorry I probably duplicated some.

Adolph, Hasdell, Donn, Three Barrel Gun Co, Royal Gun Co, Thomas Golcher and several other Golchers [Goulcher], Winchester, Boyd and Tyler, Abbey, Torkelson, Thomas ,Forehand, Daly, Kennedy, Green, Flues, Euterbrouk, Overbaugh, ----the list goes on

Batavia
Lewis
Wesson