Forehand Arms Company Serial Numbers

Firm became Forehand & Wadsworth in 1871, in 1890 the names was changed to Forehand Arms Company ( Mr. Wadsworth retired ), In 1902 The company was taken over by Hopkins and Allen. Your gun was probably made between 1871 until 1898.

Contents • • • • • History [ ] In 1871 Sullivan Forehand and Henry C. Wadsworth founded Forehand & Wadsworth from the remnants of Ethan Allen & Company after the death of their father-in-law,. Wadsworth sold his share of the company to Forehand in 1890 in order to retire and the company was rebranded as Forehand Arms. The company was involved with a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of one of their employees, John C. Howe, against the United States government. Howe had patented an ammunition cartridge in 1864, and the US government infringed upon this design in 1868 with the 'Cup Anvil Cartridge' until the expiration of Howe's patent in 1881. Howe asked Forehand to bring a lawsuit against the government, and eight years later the company won the suit on behalf of Howe with a judgement of $66,000.

The lawsuit was not paid until after Howe's death and a few weeks before the death of Forehand in 1898. Forehand's sons ran the business for several years following the death of their father, but sold it in 1902 to, who had been making Forehand Arms' revolvers under contract. Manufacturing [ ] Forehand & Wadsworth manufactured a variety of blackpowder and cartridge revolvers including several versions of the. In popular culture [ ] A Forehand & Wadsworth British Bulldog was used in the 1993 movie,, by while portraying. References [ ]. • ^ 'Sullivan Forehand'.

•; Walter, John (2004). David & Charles.

• Congress, United States. 'Legal Representatives of John C.

Programma dlya podmotki spidometra. • Brophy, William S. Marlin Firearms: a history of the guns and the company that made them. Stackpole Books. • Shideler, Dan (14 July 2010).

Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. • Flayderman, Norm (2007). 'Forehand and Wadsworth Revolvers'. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. • Shideler, Dan (2011).

Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. External links [ ] •.