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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?

Pete

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.????

So much for the Fyrberg guess. Just found---------

A J Aubrey hammerless------17469
Meriden Fire Arms Co. haammerless -------74571, 67022,

They seem to be coming out of the woodwork, here is another one on G/B

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85121009

Jim,

I emailed him asking for the serial number. Hope he replies.

Does that engraving look like Gough's other Meriden / Aubrey work?

More:

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=8344034
AJ Aubrey Hammerless, serial #1101. 32" barrels, steel(?).

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=8243758
AJ Aubrey Hammerless, #5385, D32, ribs "Pat Applied For"

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=8276824
AJ Aubrey Single Shot.... no serial number - gun sold...

Pete

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

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.

Did Meriden Make a Single Barrel Trap?...MDC

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.
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