Thanks everyone for your responses. I appreciate the lead on Numrich, they have many of the parts I need. One thing I've noticed you don't find much info on these guns. I would bet you don't see one come up for sale often but I'll keep my eyes open. The ones I have seen haven't been a model I can use.
2-Piper, it is a side lock gun.
Pete, I was wondering if you were going to chime in on this. I say this because I've seen some of your posts about this brand and have looked at your website (nice by the way). I was planning on emailing you because I heard you were collecting info on serial numbers. Guess I can't say for sure that it is a 20ga. I stated that based upon just looking at the barrels. It is a hammerless side lock gun. The wording on the rib says "Mfd by the Meriden Firearms Co. Meriden CT Pat'd. July 9, 1907". On the flat of the receiver it has the numbers S28. I've cleaned some of the paint off of the barrels and they appear to be steel, not damascus. I believe that the 28 indicates the barrel length. The other number is the serial number, 78531. I'll put together a list of the parts I need. Numrich "supposedly" has many of the parts I need but there are some they don't have.
I'm pretty new at all of this but it would be nice to get this gun to where it shoots. Doing so will take some time but it will be fun. I've had this gun for about 20 years now so it's not like I'm on any strict time line to get it done.
Kirk
Last edited by kirkp; 01/09/11 02:39 AM.
