Charlie Strong Horse Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I just got a Crescent firearms Peerless Model SxS hammerless double. I cant find any information on this gun as to whether it is damascus barrels or not. Does any one have any oppinions as to whether it would be safe to shoot. Any replies would be appreciated. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Plenty of information on Crescent on the Internet. Try highroad.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hooker Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 There is a test you can do to determine if you have Damascus or twist barrels or solid barrels. You sandpaper away the finish in a small patch of the barrel in an inconspicuous area (the undeside of the breech, for example). Then apply a little acid, using appropriate precautions- eye protection, gloves, et c. This should show up any pattern in the metal due to the layering. If no pattern, it's a solid steel barrel. Oddly, this test was originally designed to determine if a barrel was a "painted" solid steel barrel being fraudulently passed off as a "superior" (as they then believed) Damascus barrel. This sandpapering shouldn't adversely affect the value of the gun, as it was originally an El Cheapo, mass-market grade of gun in the first place, the sort of thing Farmer Brown would keep in the barn to kill foxes in the henhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairshake Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Cresent Gun Co. made several guns for different people. During that time period a hardware store would have Cresent make the gun and put the name of the store on the barrel. They were your basic plain vanilla type of gun but very capable of doing the intended job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 My shooting partner has one labeled from a Hardware store in the Cleveland area. Picked it up at an antique store, had a firing pin made and it's basically been his main match gun ever since......Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 The Crescent brand was usually a cheap hardware store brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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