Mar 15, 2009 Is it a solid frame, is a centerfire or a rimfire? I can add this.in a copy of the advertisment for the F&W Rev it clearly states that a certain DA Forehand and Wadsworth is chambered for:.32 Short RF.32 Long Rimfire and is equipped with rubber stock,nickle plated.6-shot. Jun 16, 2014 FOREHAND ARMS CO. WORCHESTER, MASS, U.S.A. 7, '86 & JANY, 11, '87 Serial number is in the 371xxx range. The back of the clyinder has the last 4 digits of the serial number on it, and 22 in the star extractor just below those numbers. There are no other markings on the gun. From 1856 to 1863 as Allen & Wheelock and from 1863-71 as E. Forehand & Wadsworth grew out of E. Allen and operated from 1871-1890 when it became Forehand Arms Co. In 1902 the handgun business was sold to Iver Johnson and the Long Gun business to Hopkins & Allen. SERIAL NUMBERS AND DATES OF MANUFACTURE FOR FOREHAND & WADSWORTH. Forehand & Wadsworth Double Action No. 38 Worchester, Mass. The left side of the barrel is marked PATD June 27'71-Oct 28'73 In generally the serial number is marked at the rear face of the cylinder, at the bottom of the grip frame and can also be figured at the bottom of the barrel. Aug 10, 2011 I can hear it now: “Stand back, vile ruffian! I am protected by Forehand & Wadsworth!” Exit ruffian, stage left. However, Forehand & Wadsworth was a true-blue American enterprise presided over by Sullivan Forehand, a bookkeeper with a knack for numbers, and Henry C. Wadsworth, a.
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Firearms manufacturer | |
Industry | Firearms |
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Fate | Acquired by Hopkins & Allen in 1902 |
Predecessor | Ethan Allen & Company |
Founded | 1871 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Sullivan Forehand, Henry C. Wadsworth |
Products | Derringers, revolvers. rifles, shotguns |
Forehand & Wadsworth (also known as Forehand Arms) was an American firearms manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was formed in 1871 by Sullivan Forehand and Henry C. Wadsworth after the death of their father-in-law, Ethan Allen of Ethan Allen & Company, and was acquired in 1902 by Hopkins & Allen, a firearms company based in Connecticut.
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History[edit]
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, Ethan Allen.[1] Wadsworth sold his share of the company to Forehand in 1890 in order to retire, and the company was rebranded as Forehand Arms.[2]
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The company manufactured a variety of black powder and cartridge revolvers, including several versions of the British Bull Dog revolver.[3][4] Other offerings included derringers,[5]:381rifles,[5]:560 and shotguns.[5]:604
Forehand's sons ran the business for several years following the death of their father, then sold it in 1902 to Hopkins & Allen, who had been making Forehand Arms' revolvers under contract.[6]
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Legal matters[edit]
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.[7] 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.[1]
In popular culture[edit]
A Forehand & Wadsworth British Bull Dog revolver was used in the 1993 movie, Tombstone, by Joanna Pacula while portraying Big Nose Kate.[8]
Gallery[edit]
- Forehand & Wadsworth British Bull Dog revolver chambered for .44 Bull Dog
- Forehand & Wadsworth advertisement from March 1872 as it appeared in the Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa
- Forehand Arms 5-shot revolver chambered for .32 S&W
- Forehand Arms advertisement from February 1899 as it appeared in The Belle Plaine News of Belle Plaine, Kansas
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References[edit]
- ^ ab'Sullivan Forehand'. Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. The Society. 1899. pp. 322–328.
- ^Hogg, Ian V.; Walter, John (2004). Pistols of the World. David & Charles. p. 128. ISBN0-87349-460-1.
- ^Shideler, Dan (14 July 2010). Gun Digest 2011. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp. 82–83. ISBN1-4402-1561-8.
- ^Flayderman, Norm (2007). 'Forehand and Wadsworth Revolvers'. Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. p. 479. ISBN978-1-4402-2422-5.
- ^ abcFlayderman, Norm (1983). Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. ISBN0910676585. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^Brophy, William S. (1989). Marlin Firearms: a history of the guns and the company that made them. Stackpole Books. p. 51. ISBN9780811708777.
- ^Congress, United States. (1895). 'Legal Representatives of John C. Howe'. Congressional edition 1895. U.S. G.P.O. pp. 3–16.
- ^Shideler, Dan (2011). Gun Digest Book of Revolvers. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 68. ISBN1-4402-3157-5.
External links[edit]
- US Patent 43,851: Improvement in metallic cartridges issued to John C. Howe (August 16, 1864)
- US Patent 116,422: Improvement in revolving fire-arms issued to Forehand & Wadsworth (June 27, 1871)
- Forehand & Wadsworth Catalogs in Current Publication from Cornell Publications LLC
- Forehand & Wadsworth single Damascus Barrel Shotgun via YouTube
- Western Guns - Black Powder #10 - Forehand Derringer 1875 via YouTube
- Forehand And Wadsworth British Bulldog 38 Pocket Concealed Carry Revolver Review via YouTube
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