This 12 gauge has 26 inch barrels with a brass rifle shot for a site the serial# is 7989it is about 130 yrs. old the best we can figure out some one please help me.
With the serial number that you provided,your Ithaca double barrel shotgun with the damascus barrels was produced in the year 1900.
Any where from $250 to $550. Depending on the condition of the gun.
About $100 or so. The damascus/twist steel barrels are generally considered unsafe to shoot with modern ammunition.
Steel or Damascus barrels?
If this is the model 215, the barrels are steel.
700.00 dollars
Does it read "kec" or "ked"? The Remington web site indicates 4 grades of Remington model 1900 double barrel shotguns (http://www.remington.com/library/history/firearm_models/shotguns/model_1900.asp): Grades Offered: K - Remington steel barrelsKE - Remington steel, auto ejectorsKD - 2 stripe Damascus barrelsKED - 2 strip Damascus, auto ejectors
Yes. I have one. Double barrel, hammer gun. Damascus steel barrels. Circa 1895 I think.
Most old Damascus barrels cannot hold the pressures of modern smokeless loads. I doubt that you will find any black powder loads for that type of barrel. Hang it on the wall and admire it.
Virtually all double barrel shot guns produced prior to World War 2 were soft soldered.
The use of damascus barrels on guns began to decrease pretty rapidly after 1900, although they were still fairly common up until the start of WWI. If you have a breech loading gun with damascus barrels it will probably date from 1875 - 1910. Most damascus barrels on U.S. guns seem to have actually made in Belgium. There is a lot of debate as to whether any damascus barrels for shotguns were actually made in the U.S. It seems likely there may have been small numbers produced in the U.S. However, Belgium had a large gunmaking trade at the time, with a lot of barrel makers specializing in damascus barrels, so it was generallly cheaper to import them than to make them.
50-100 USD or so