Single Shot Shotguns

I had a western auto close by they sold revelation brand

Thank you for this timeless video. Really takes me back down memory lane. I do think that the Revelation brand was Western Auto and that Sears was J. C. Higgins...later to be Ted Williams.

My father hunted with an old H&R Bay State 16 ga. I had a H&R Topper, in 16 ga. H&R made the best single shot shotguns on the planet.

High standard made a bunch of good ones the cooy is a great gun they are like the win 37a and some of them had very good barrels

The 48 was junk in the 12 but the 410 and the 28 are the actions to look for

I madee one out of stainless and 8f I was going 5o sell it I couldn't make on it under 80 dollars

Not a 1800 it's a HOPKINS AND ALLEN

I have an 08 and you are rite

I love all the old poke stalks my favorite era and favorite guns no doubt

I like the odd guage like the 32

Do you live close to Charleston WV

Why not make a stock so you could be proud of it

I love. All of the old tec my favorite part is looking at the tapers and how they work it's crazy how a real tight chock that shoots slow will drill the center of a 4 in card and a tight choke shooting. Fast will blow a big. Doughnut ring and nothing in the center then. You can go down in shot size and they will stick together like they were glued together or. They might blow apart 15 yards farther it's almost like a Rubik's cube and it doesn't take 1500 fps to kill with 4 shot you can do it at 900 fps and nothing gets away I could write for another 2 or 3 hundred words on the things that will make no sense at all about shotgunning and turkey chokes I love it and I hate trying to understand all about it

I love these guns

When you put some shells in your pockets you got a breech loading repeater !

Great pirate type devices. Simple, effective.

If I hunt with a shotgun.... generally I prefer a single shot. Full choke, unless its a slug shooter.... then modified or more open. I dont shoot at flying game.... otherwise, Id use a double.

My first single shot shotgun was a Ithaca model 66 Super Single in 12ga ! Like a fool I let it get away!!! Thanks for sharing your video !!!

Revelation was sold by Western Auto stores, Montgomery Ward sold guns under the Westernfield name and Sears used Ranger, JC Higgins and Ted Williams. Not criticizing, it’s just that I’m 76 and I have owned or still own some of these brands. Good video.

What you are calling the four end is the beavertail.

Did you ever get your shotguns completely reassembled..??

I have three, two were 1930's hardware store guns, that H&R made and I inherited. And one was a $35 project gun which had mostly rotted away wood and was locked up with light rust but it cleaned up well.
One of the inherited guns had a nail as the firing pin, I found the screw on top allowed a partner firing pin and spring to easily replace the nail. It was difficult to open like yours because the firing pin spring was broken as well so it would not retract out of the way properly when you opened it.
The project gun got a nice plastic stock, meant for a newer H&R Partner, but a bit of dremble tool and heat let me fit the plastic stock to the much older gun. I tend to like a 8 inch rifled .45 long colt insert.and a shorter .38/ .357 insert as a spare for this one. This one is also an H&R with a patent mark of Feb 17th 1900.
Cleaning and lubrication was mainly all these good old guns seem to need to live on.

I had a single barrel shotgun 12 guage that had a stove bolt through it. It patterned great and I mud hen hunted on the marshes with it for years .

Wished NEW ENGLAND came with recoilpads

Another one was called
Knickerbocker, manufactured in St.louis, Mo. Also another one was
Diamond brand , maybe in
St.louis , Mo. in 1915 to
1938 or 1940. They both
were in 12 or 16 guage.
Kevin Phoenix ✝️

Have a stevens 9404 12 gauge what is different from the 94?

H&R shotguns were good.
It's a shame what happened when Remington bought Marlin and then the bankruptcy occurred

Revelation was Western auto store brand seers store brand was JC Higgins then it became Ted Williams

Have you ever heard of William tell single shot 16 ga

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I have a NEF 12 gauge single shot handi gun with the interchangeable 30-30 barrel in stainless steel, I have owned it since the mid 1980s and I am still using it today as my go to gun.

This is really just a good wholesome video. There is nothing wrong with old school. I don't get caught up in all the hype. I stick with what works- the old faithful. I am liking and subscribing RIGHT NOW.

Hope you've brushed up on your presentation and content skills 😊

Revelation was western auto brand

H n r was and is the most accurate

U can have mine good luck

Thanks for nice information!
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My first shotgun was a 20 ga. H&R Topper. Elegantly simple and utilitarian - classic Americana. And wonderful beyond words. Great video.

Love those shotguns

Our family has 1950s red letter Winchester 12 g Thirty two inch barrel single shot. Love it

I have a single shot 20 gauge Ithaca, it has to be rare

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Had one as a kid had a 22 Hornet bottom barrel, 20 ga top barrel. Don’t recall manufacturer but know it wasn’t H&R. Was given to me by a retired sea captain neighbor who moved away in about 1946.

I use my stevens model 94 12 gauge a lot it’s one of my favorites!

I own a 1997 New England Firearms SB1 12 guage in new condition. Thanks for showing us the shooting 😊

Revelation was sold by Western Auto. They used Mossberg and Stevens to produce their branded Guns.

Revelation was a Western Auto branded firearm

I bought my first H&R shotgun, ( a .410 Topper ) back in the late 1970's., which I later sold off.
Then I bought an NEF in 12 gauge at K-Mart back in the mid-1980's, for $ 95.00. Used it to hunt Blacktail deer with, using rifled slugs. Still have that one.
Then I bought another used NEF, from my local Black Powder shop, for MUCH more in the 2000's, after H&R/NEF went out of business.
I also have a single-shot, break open 12 gauge, from a pawn shop, for, ( if I remember correctly) $85.00. Made in S.Korea and imported. Only fires 2 3/4" shells, where the NEF/ H&R 12 gauges fire both 2 3/4", and 3" shotgun shells.
Through the NEF's I have fired Pyrodex, and purchased and used a Short Lane 12 gauge adapter in .45 Colt. Excellent firearms for a backwoodsman like myself, for their versatility, simplicity, and robustness.

can you swap the stocks on the two guns, the lone with the broke buttstock and the one with the firing pin hole thats too big? i love these old singles as they provide more of a challenge similar to a front loader and they kept a lot of meat on the tables of our ancestors. plus they are so very light to carry in the woods. mine is a 1952 Stevens model 10 sold through MontgomeryWard as a Westernfield. thanks for the enjoyable video.