need help on identifying an old side by side

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xandi

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Hello
I was wondering if anyone could help me identify this old shootgun

http://s32.photobucket.com/user/Jcspeir/media/IMG_1658_zpsog5b9jyn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
http://s32.photobucket.com/user/Jcspeir/media/IMG_1657_zpshqii9ye8.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
http://s32.photobucket.com/user/Jcspeir/media/IMG_1656_zps0svlpuam.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2
http://rs32.pbsrc.com/albums/d29/Jcspeir/IMG_1654_zpsccksomrn.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip
http://rs32.pbsrc.com/albums/d29/Jcspeir/IMG_1652_zps1tzcsyd3.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip
http://rs32.pbsrc.com/albums/d29/Jcspeir/IMG_1655_zpshpwxanb0.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip
Thx for any help
 
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SHR970

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The AF on the area behind the latch would be for Andrew Fryberg but it is not a Fryberg gun.. Most likely a Fryberg patent use.

Chances are fair that it is a Shattuck Arms Co.

Not enough good markings in those pictures to work with.
 
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T. O'Heir

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"...How much work would it be..." It'd be more about how much money it'd cost and whether it's worth doing.
Barrels are toast for starts and probably Damascus. Damascus barrels are not safe to shoot with any ammo.
Plus the broken butt stock would require replacing. The forestock isn't original either. Neither are the screws on the inside of the forestock.
Any proof marks you can see on the barrels? They'd be under the forestock.
 
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Jim Watson

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I knew a guy who would "restore" clunkers like this. He would shine up the metal and carve a stock out of a fence post or something to produce a wall hanger you could make up stories about. No investment but his time and a few materials.
 
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SHR970

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Alright it is a New Era Gunworks shotgun from New York. If it is a Nitro Hammerless it was made by Baker Gun & Forging.

info source

NRA Info

Edit: The guys you want to talk to Baker Gun collectors

Wall hanger material....fixing it up will cost a lot more than it is worth.

Per the last link, the "T" stamp seems to indicate a London Twist Barrel. These are even more suspect than Damascus.
 
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xandi

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How so? What is london twist?
Cost isn't really importen here . I will be doing all the work over the next 80 years or so
 
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SHR970

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London Twist is a particular pattern of a Damascus twist pattern. There are many "Damascus" patterns. London tends to have larger variations in the iron / steel portions with Quality Control and Metallurgy of the era not exactly being up to modern standards. Google it and read up, there is a lot to know just on the subject of "Damascus " barrels.
 
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