Interesting thread on the LCSCA site with excellent pics
http://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith/msg/1218898058.html
Delphian Arms Co. and Delphian Manufacturing Co. were trade names used by Supplee Biddle Hardware Co. of Philadelphia on Crescent shotguns supplied by the H. & D. Folsom Company. The A.H.Fox records show some Fox guns supplied by Supplee Biddle. They also sold a 'Buckeye Gun Co., Lynchburg, Va.' single shot Iver Johnson shotgun and a 'Red Chieftan'.
Supplee Biddle also had their own line of fishing tackle under the 'Congress' trade name and used a 'Speared Fish' logo, at least in the 30s.
The Delphia sure looks like an early 3 screw receiver, first variation trigger plate Hunter Arms Fulton gun, which even has the 'LLH' barrel mark of Laurent Lochet-Habran. The serial number however doesn't fit the Hunter Arms numbers. Other than the Sears Gladiator, this is the first Fulton gun confirmed to have been made as a "trade gun."
Anyone with more infro on Supplee Biddle, 'Delphia Arms Co.', or other Fulton "trade guns"?

Last edited by revdocdrew; 08/17/08 02:40 PM.
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