When you hold the gun like you are going to shoot it you look on the left hand side right were the begining of the barrel starts and you will see like a littile black switch, when you have the break of the gun open like you are going to reload it, you can push that swith forward, and it will release the cylinder and you can pull it out.
Hopkins and Allen took over the Forehand name in 1903 and continued until 1915.
You just read it.
Sorry, that is a serial number, not a model number. Forehand & Wadsworth was acquired by Hopkins & Allen in 1902. Due to a number of problems, the H&A company closed for good in 1917. Your shotgun is likely from the time between those two dates.
You will need a gunsmith to show you.
Try your local gun smith.
25-100 USD or so
Hopkins & Allen Arms Co. Fifty Years of Gunmaking 1867 - 1917 by Joseph T. Vorisek is about the best book on H&A.
Check on line auctions to see what they are bringing in the current economy
Forehand Arms Co was absorbed by Hopkins & Allen c.1902, and for a couple of years H&A produced shotguns with the Forehand name. By the start of WW1 H&A was attempting to fill military contracts with the Belgian government which drove them into bankruptcy, with Marlin absorbing the remnants in 1921. Value is going to be uniformly low, under $100.
Your shotgun which was made between 1903-1915,will bring between 80-125 dollars,depending on overall condition.
I have a Hopkins Allen shot gun 44 cal. model 299 it was my grandmothers can you help me anyone.
Very few records. H&A went out of business in 1916.H&A purchased the Forehand Arms Co.and continued to make this model for a few years.In 1902 they offered the forehand double boxlocks with or without outside hammers.Sidelocks were offered from 1906-1909.These different types will hopefully help in getting you close to the year of manufacture of your shotgun.