Shotgun History

[boilerguy]

I was wondering if any of you would know where to find some information on my great-great-grandfather's shotgun. I know it is a Bridge Gun Company Shotgun with serial number 4304. It is a 12 gauge two barrel with two trigger gun. It has writing on it saying "Daminated Figure Belgium." It also has some artistry that has what I found to be the stamp for being Belgian made. I am pretty sure it isn't worth a whole lot because of it being a Bridge Gun Company gun (maybe $100 or so). It isn't in the greatest condition but still seems to function properly. I was mainly wanting to know what year it was made and is there any way to find out who bought it? I am wondering if it was bought new in my family. Any other background on the gun would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Xringshooter]

You can Google the name and that should give you a starting point.. I did this on an old shotgun (105 yrs old) and it got me headed in the right direction.

[boilerguy]

I tried to google it several times and can't seem to get a good answer. I think I am going to have to go into a library to get more information. I didn't know if you guys would have any good sites to go to or any books at your homes to help out with.

[bt-99]

This is where you should go to ask a question about an old shotgun. If the guys on here don't know about it you might be out of luck


www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php

[Frenchy]

You might contact http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/index.html if they cant get history on some thing, then no one can.. PS, they will give you a realistic value also.