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#215442 01/30/11 10:24 PM
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N,R. Davis. Good looking guns in the old ads that were in Field & Stream. The UNH library has or used to have these old magazines tied up in bundles of string, lying on the floor. I used to love to spend hours, thumbing through them. I remember the ads for these guns.

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N.R. Davis guns were high quality merchandise in the days before they became hardware store guns. I don't know where to get information about the old ones.

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I own a lot of old gun paper, but I sure can't buy any at Olebear prices!!!

N.R. Davis & Sons of Assonet, Mass., was one of the first U.S. manufacturers of breech loading double barrel shotguns. N.R. Davis was taken over by Warner Arms Corp around WW-I. Warner moved the assets from the original factory in Assonet, Mass. to their plant in Norwich, Conn. in 1919, and became Davis-Warner Arms Corp. They continued to manufacture Davis doubles until about 1926 when they closed the plant and tried their hand at importing guns from Belgium. In early 1930 Davis-Warner was purchased by J. Stevens Arms Company (owned and operated by Savage Arms Corp.). A Stevens memo dated May 23, 1930, announced the acquisition and the intent to resume manufacture of the Davis doubles. Another Stevens memo dated December 15, 1930, announced the purchase from H&D Folsom Arms Company of the assets of Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich, Connecticut. The memo went on to say that the assets of Crescent would be merged with those of Davis-Warner Arms Corporation and that the newly formed firm would be known as The Crescent-Davis Arms Corporation, Norwich, Conn. Crescent-Davis would be operated as a competitor of J. Stevens. The new firm was no more successful than its predecessors. On November 4, 1935, an order of dissolution was filed with the New York Secretary of State. So, after that the remains must have been moved to Chicopee Falls and assembled and sold off under various names. Crescent-Davis and Springfield guns shown in the 1938 to 1941 Stevens paper I have all appear to be variations on the 311. The Springfield 311 had a casehardened receiver while the Crescent-Davis 600 and 900 had blued receivers.

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Hunting & Fishing August, 1929

SPORTSMAN: Ask your dealer for THE DAVIS AUTOMATIC EJECTING GUN.
Price $26.50.
Every shooter who wants the latest up to-the-minute gun should see this one, before buying any other.
The Davis Ejector Double Gun is noted for its excellent qualities, its stand up qualifications and its record for always ejecting the fired shell only at the proper time. Made in 12, 16 and 20 gauges.
Do you shoot Skeet? We have designed a special Skeet gun with automatic ejectors. It will improve your score. The illustration shows the graceful the graceful outline of the arm, the balance and hang of the gun simulates the very high premium price imported guns.

It is astonishing what beauty and excellence we have incorporated into this arm and at so small a price. A shooter recently had one at a trap shoot and several members thought it a hundred dollar gun. People everywhere are asking, “How can you do it?” Correct designing, equipment and organization is our answer. Davis Guns have been made since 1853 and nearly every year has seen some progressive step forward in gun designing and manufacture, until today we stand near the head of the line for producing guns that function properly, that are correctly balanced and nicely finished at prices that are lower than others.

These qualifications also apply to our low-priced Double Hammerless Guns with plain extractors which retail at from $19.75 up and in Single Barrel Ejector Guns as low as $10.50 each. All our guns are being made with a solid forged lug and Diana Reinforced Sleeve Breech. Our guns are proof tested with excessive loads which develop a much higher pressure than field loads. All gauges from 12 to 410. If your dealer does not have Davis Guns, address us direct for circulars and address of dealers who stock them.

THE DAVIS-WARNER ARMS CORPORATION
Dept. H
Norwich, Conn.


1925 Ad:

Davis HY-POWER chambered for 3” shells, kills ducks at 80 yds. Made in 12 gauge only, 30 and 32” barrels. Price $35.00.
Davis PREMIER made in 12-16 and 20 gauges. 26-28-30-32 inch barrels. Price $30.00.
Davis MAXIMUM, specially built and choked for short range and Target 70% at 35 yds. 12 ga.-24 in. barrels. 16 ga.-22 in. barrels. 20 ga.-20 in. barrels. Record of 21 successive wing shots and 21 killings have been made with one of these guns. Price $30.00.
These guns are highly finished. REMEMBER you need not pay over $35.00 for a Long Range Duck Gun if you select a Davis. Every gun Proof Tested.

If you want a plain low-priced Gun write us or ask your dealer about Davis AJAX. Built expressly for the man who wants a good, plain, reliable knock-about Gun at a low price. Made in 12-16 and 20 gauge. Every Davis Gun, whether lowest or highest priced, is proof tested with an excessive load. Davis Guns were established in 1853 by N. R. Davis and are going stronger than ever in 1925. This 72 years of service and durability should mean something to every gun buyer.

DAVIS –WARNER ARMS CORP.
90 Chambers Street, New York


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Hmmm, one of his cheap ones. How about a WRA catalog:
http://cgi.ebay.com/WRA-All-Engraved-Gun...=item27b856ad58

Or this Remington paper
http://cgi.ebay.com/Remington-UMC-Arms-C...=item27b84ae92d

He sure is proud of his paper collection.

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Looks as if very little has been done on Davis in Double Gun Journal, except going back to very early issues. Would be worth a good article, I think.

I don't know whether the publication is still available, but Shotgun Sports put out a paperback compilation of some of Don Zutz's columns called "Grand Old Shotguns". That book includes a short article on N.R. Davis, in which Zutz has some positive comments about both the early hammer and hammerless doubles. The hammerless guns, per Zutz, used coil rather than leaf mainsprings.

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There is a very good article by Cdr Gunther on N.R. Davis in the April 1990 issue of The Gun Report, Volume 35, Number 11. There is a little article by Charles E. Carder on the N.R. Davis sliding breech pin-fire in The Double Gun Journal, Volume Three, Issue 2, page 88.

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I have had the opportunity to purchase two wonderful early N.R. Davis hammer guns, one at Potomac Arms in Alexandria, Virginia, and one at the Allentown Gun Show. I failed both tests although I was impressed by the quality of the guns.

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