Where can you get parts for the Howard Arms .32 cal revolver and is Howard Arms still in business?
HOWARD ARMS CO. Tradename on shotguns used by Fred Bifflar &
Company of Chicago, Illinois, made by Crescent Fire Arms Company. I
would expect that the same hardware store would have used the same
tradename on handguns which were probably made by the same company.
Unfortunately, both are long out of business but Crescent was
purchased by Stevens which was purchased by Savage Arms, so someone
at savagearms.com may be able to tell you something. A little
additional research found an answer on Ron Gabel's site that says
Meriden Arms made the Howard Arms revolvers. The only dates I can
find for Fred Bifflar are 1870-1890, but it may have started
earlier and must have ended later. Crescent was established in 1892
and Meriden Arms didn't exist until 1905 and I find several
references connecting these two companies with Bifflar retail
business.