A friend just gave me a beat up old single shot with the name "Shattuck's Perfection" as a banner on the buttplate. No other information stamped on the gun anywhere except for the serial number.
I told him I was virtually sure it was one of the Crescent store brand guns and that I'd look it up. Shattuck did not appear in the Crescent list, so I googled it and discovered a new (to me) gunmaker.
Shattuck Manufacturing Company was an actual gunmaker in the 1880's and produced single-shots like the one I have, often with 'nickel plated' actions, as well as pistols and about a thousand sxs guns. They were located in Hatfield, MA. If anyone is interested in another obscure maker, Google has some information.
It doesn't appear to be a shooter, but it is another curiosity to toss in the closet. Anybody ever heard of Shattuck?...Geo
