Pieper) from 1866 to 1898 when the founder Henry Pieper died. The name stamped on your shotgun could offer some clues, as the company was named Pieper (or H. Pieper were in business from 1866 to 1956-57 (though they had some financial troubles around 1906 and nearly went bust when they attempted to get into the bicycle and automobile manufacturing industry). Both companies did make firearms for other companies as well, that sold under a variety of trade names, such as the ones listed in the article. Pieper guns were made by the Pieper company alone, not by F. Some of these firearms are quite reasonable quality, but they're definitely not high-end firearms and will also not hold up to pressures generated by modern gunpowder loads. Some of the brand names used to sell such firearms includeВ Henry Arms Co., Premier Arms Co., Bayard Arms Co., Eagle Gun Works, J. were known to produce the firearms and these were sold by well known retailers such as Sears Roebuck & Co., H&D Folsom, Montgomery Ward etc. Dumoulin and US manufacturers such as Crescent Arms Co., Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works, Harrington and Richardson Arms Co., Stevens Arms Co. Belgian companies like Ancient Establissments Pieper or F. Large firearm manufacturers would mass produce cheap models and stamp them with any brand name requested by hardware stores, large distributors, mail-order businesses etc. Such firearms were often called 'trade name firearms' or 'trade name guns'. Barker, Barker Bros (both intended to be confused with Parker Bros) etc., all of which were made by Belgian manufacturers. In the same category, we have brands like Sam Holt (sounds like Sam Colt), T.

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