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I was at a local pawnshop today and they had a single shot .410 marked Eastern Arms. I've heard that Eastern Arms was a brand sold by Sears but I'm curious about the years they were produced. Anybody have any info?
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Measure the chamber. The earliest American .410 single shot was produced by Stevens in 1915, as far as I can determine. It was a 2 1/2" version of our modern 410. By the 1920's the standard chambering was 2 3/4, by about 1930 3" was the most common.
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I've never heard of a 2 3/4 inch .410-bore shell. The .410-bore started out 2-inch that carried 3/10 of an ounce of shot, then the 2 1/2 inch was added with 3/8 ounce of shot. The 3-inch .410-bore shell was introduced with the Winchester Model 42 and carried 3/4 ounce of shot and at that same time the 2 1/2 inch shell was upped to a 1/2 ounce payload.
Many of the early tiny bore shotguns in the U.S. were chambered for the .44-40 shot cartridge or the .44 XL shot cartridge. As the .410-bore grew, from the European 12mm, some guns were chambered and bored to accept either. Many of these old guns are sold by dealers at gun shows as .410-bores, but they are really .44 calibers. At least H&R was making single barrels for these .44 shot cartridges and Sears had little Belgian hammer doubles for them in their catalogues in 1905 and 1902 respectively.
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I have no idea what the chamber length on this gun is. The only reason it got a passing glance is that it was in nice shape save for an ugly rubber replacement pad on it. It looked like it was an older style and if I had to guess I would say it was from before the 1950's. Just curious when Eastern Arms was producing these guns and when they stopped.
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Have no idea when it was made, but my dad once had an Eastern Arms 16ga double. Except for the name it was a Stevens 311 style through & through. Along the same time I had a Central Arms 20ga which externally looked similar, but was the Stevens 315 style inner works.
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I have an Eastern Arms .410 single. Belonged to my father. Original 2 1/2" chamber punched to 3", shot a bunch of squirrels, rabbits, and pheasants. Says "1929 Model" on the barrel, and I'm quite sure he acquired it pre-WWII.
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