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Serial # Brand 3457 = A. J. Aubrey Hammerless 5512 = A. J. Aubrey Hammerless 13895 = A. J. Aubrey Hammerless 15208 = New Aubrey Hammergun 18335 = Berkshire Hammerless 18494 = A J Aubrey [single shot] 20063 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammergun 26226 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammergun 28167 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammergun 34956 = A. J. Aubrey Hammerless 36543 = A. J. Aubrey Hammerless 48859 = New Aubrey Hammerless 50418 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 51463 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 52731 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 53579 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 55302 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 60853 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 62308 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 63381 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 71720 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 77717 = Meriden Fire Arms Co. Hammerless 111510 = New Aubrey Hammergun
Ok, when I take out any dups, there are 23 guns. Did I miss some? So far there clear breaks between Hammer & Hammerless, Aubrey & Meriden. Still too small a dataset to generalize though. Is there some difference between 111510 & 15208?
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Pete, I can't remember where the 115510 number came from, but it is possible a number was "added" into it incorrectly. In looking through some old auction catalogs, I found "bad" numbers twice. Then again, our sampling is small. I agree that there seems to be a trend here. Maybe the trend includes the Fyrberg guns in the 10,000-20,000 range.????
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So much for the Fyrberg guess. Just found---------
A J Aubrey hammerless------17469 Meriden Fire Arms Co. haammerless -------74571, 67022,
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I think the engraving on the "Diamond Grade" [first I have ever heard that term] is just like the other guns we see. Gough ? Probably so.
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I think the engraving on the "Diamond Grade" [first I have ever heard that term] is just like the other guns we see. Gough ? Probably so. Here is his response: The serial number is 79076, while it does not say diamond anywhere, I do not believe Meriden marked its guns with the grade name. I am referring to the ad which was pictured in the DGJ which pictures this gun (you may have this issue, if so, it is a good article) and calls it the "diamond grade". The ad pictured is an old Meridan Firearms ad. If Meriden Firearms calls it a Diamond grade, and the gun pictured is obviously same as mine, one can safely assume mine is a Diamond grade. Pete
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That is Wallis' neat gun which he had graciously shared with me for the PictureTrail album. He told me that the receiver is not stamped with a grade number.
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How did it lock up? Under bits through bolts and did the lock up change over the years? My grandfather had an AJ Aubrey and I've talked to my Uncle about it but no one seems to know where it is. My Great Grandfather hunted with a double, they were all oppurtunity hunters, slugging one and shot in the other in case a deer or a rabbit showed up. Defintely only hunting to put food on the table and nothing else, no better design then a double for that, and my Grand father learned to hunt from him. I showed this thread to my Uncle who identified that my Grandfather definitely had a AJ Aubrey. All the best
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