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The A.J. Aubrey, The Meriden Gun, and the Meriden Firearms Co. guns were made in the same factory
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As Dean said, another line of much higher grade guns were manufactured
The 1910 Meriden Firearms Co. catalog shows the following grades:
A with Whitworth, Krupp, or 6-blade damascus for $250 with AE;
B with Krupp or 6-blade for $185 with AE;
C with Krupp or 4-blade for $110 with AE;
D “Trap Gun” with Krupp or 3-blade for $90 with AE;
E “Quail Gun” with Krupp and ONLY 16G for $60 (no AE offered);
F with Krupp or 3-blade for $60 with AE;
G with Krupp for $40.
Production of these guns was apparently quite limited as very few are found today. It is not known if the intended market for these more expensive models may have been Fred Biffar's company or other national dealers.
A 1910 “The Meriden Gun” ad is in
Forest & Stream https://books.google.com/books?id=mEkcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA392Pete Mikalajunas had an article in the
DGJ Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2010
William H. Gough was in Meriden, engraved for Parker Bros., was later head of the engraving department at the A.H. Fox Gun Co., and also did contract work for Hollenbeck Gun Co., Meriden Fire Arms, Colt and Winchester.
