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A. G. Genez is alway a favorite on this forum. I just finished a pretty detailed examination of the life and business of one of America's finest gunsmiths! I began examining him again after he came up in the Pinfire Game Gun thread and have spend many many hours over the past couple weeks finding everything I could on this man, his life, his company and his successors.

It really is worth taking 12 minutes to read this through!

https://aaronnewcomer.com/august-g-genez-a-practical-gunmaker/

Wonderful research. I thought Genez was a French name, but had no information about his background. Even Jerry Swinney�s multi-volume work on New York gunmakers completely misses him. Thanks so much.

Later-----I have been reminded by a friend that Genez does appear in Jerry Swinney's epic 5 volume work on New York gunmakers. Vol. 5 contains the New York City gunmakers in alphabetical order and information and fine photos appear on pages 177-183.

A great read, thanks for sharing. This is a maker that has long been overlooked and under-appreciated.

Great article - thanks for putting that together. Thanks for posting the link for us to see.

Very informative read,thanks for posting !

From my Genez files, I believe this is one of his dual fire conversions.

Interesting read, I especially enjoyed the bit about the neighbors contacting the health department about safety concerns. Some people are so uptight.

Thanks for the effort and time spent on the research.
Doffing my cap and bowing - in appreciation of a most entertaining, and informative post.

Here's a 10 bore percussion gun by Genez.

Well done writing and research; you are to be congratulated.

Kindest Regards;
Stephen

Lots of odd and interesting info on the website. Nicely done!

Much appreciated. About a year ago I got an 11 bore Genez muzzle-loader from an auction where the catalog misspelled his name. As a result the bidding was slow, and I got the gun for very little. It's a great piece, and it's good to have this info on the maker.

Wonderful article on Genez. Have a Pinfire Conversion based on
the Dougall action. It has a Underlever like the Jones but the
lever can be rotated clockwise or counter clockwise indefinitley.
Usuallly these conversions rotate 90 degrees like the Jones.
Have 2 B/loaders 10 ga-' 12 lb and 8 lbs- these have have
hinged forearms like Wessons and Whitneys-both Jones underlevers
Years ago Doug Eberhart the author of the Derringer Book told
me Genez was one of the best American derringer makers who
also engraved some of his guns.-
Will try to get pictures soon
Bill

Thanks for the comments, everyone. It was fun looking into all of this from starting with very little and traveling down all the rabbit holes.

Wow, I had not been on this site for a few months, I googled A.G. Genez just looking for new guns or info and found this article! Very cool and I like that you used the images of my gun. This is fantastic research thanks again


Brian

A year or so ago I bought a 10 bore percussion Genez very much like Daryl's in an auction filled with low grade, wornout muzzle loaders. It was the only quality offering. Strangely, the others brought silly-high prices. and my bid for a fine gun was the only one. I appreciate this information on the maker. Thanks AaronN.

It is amazing how much information can be found out there if you only look! I am sure I will be doing more articles like this.

Also, if anyone ever wants to sell or trade a 16g Genez pinfire (or any other size) let me know!

Excellent research and a much appreciated article Aaron. This site is so enjoyable precisely because of this type of expertise and enthusiasm which extends across the board from history to gunsmithing to metallurgy to hunting.

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing that. Gil

Link won't open for me...
JR

There are several prints/smoke pulls of patterns/engravings done by L.D.Nimschke for A.G.Genez on his fireams. (L.D. Nimschke, Firearms Engraver (Wilson)
All SxS's as I recall but one is a derringer lock-plate marked 'A.G.Genez' signed with a simple 'N' where the hammer would cover it when in place.
Prints are dated in the 1869,1870 era.

The SxS pulls are everything from the simple name/NY marking w/double line border on lock plate, another Name w/Pat. applied for/April 20th, 1867,,to extensive scroll coverage on lockplates and actions.
A presentation plaque pull and a looks like a rib inscription pull (Made for...) as well.

Must have been a pretty good customer.

(Link doesn't work any longer for me either).

Sorry, an update messed up my website for a bit today. It’s back up now.