Almost certainley you have spurious guns!Illegal use of well known names on inferior quality guns was a serious problem for the legitimate English makers during the mid to late 1800,s.
Manton,Richards,Greenen[For Greener] are examples of the names found on guns of the very poorest quality imported into North America.
The H&D Folsom Arms Co; 312-314,Broadway,NewYork,N.Y.[1859-circa 1930] used the name Richards and Manton,on very low grade guns made in Belgium and In some cases Birmingham, the objective was to deceive customers and increase their sales,
Last edited by Roy Hebbes; 02/13/11 08:14 PM.
