H.S.B & Co Chicago Shot Gun 1913

Jhdez1998 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:56 pm **Posts:** 2

Hi I was wondering if you could give me info about a old shot gun? I came across a old Shot gun that says H.S.B & CO chicago. It has a chicken on it. It also has a Stamped date that says Patented August 12, 1913. Thanks

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All Hat No Horse · **Joined:** Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:44 pm **Posts:** 332

Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett was a large hardware wholesale/retail operation located in Chicago, from about 1882 to 1962. Does it say RUSO under the chicken? This gun was probably made by Harrington and Richardson.

Lob · **Joined:** Sat Jan 10, 2004 2:55 pm **Posts:** 1

i have the same gun is it worth anything? and mine says RUSO in the chicken. just wondering. thanks in advance

MarlandS · **Joined:** Sat Mar 30, 2002 3:53 pm **Posts:** 8661

If it's a single shot it's about $50 maybe $75 A SxS is about $200- $250

Jhdez1998 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:56 pm **Posts:** 2

Thanks it says RUSO inside of the chicken it's a single shot. Since it's not worth anything would be okay to clean it?

MarlandS · **Joined:** Sat Mar 30, 2002 3:53 pm **Posts:** 8661

yeah it should be ok..

All Hat No Horse · **Joined:** Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:44 pm **Posts:** 332

Josephine - Proper cleaning is always a good thing, even on rare and collectable guns. Just don't scrub the original finish off.

CatDoctor · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:06 pm **Posts:** 5

I have the same gun very dirty but hesitate to disassemble without a parts diagram, doe's anyone know the actual mfg. it looks like maybe Savage, Stevens, Crescent but not exactly to any of them. I would like to restore this one but again hesitant without a diagram.

Drew Hause · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:05 pm

RUSO was a Crescent tradename for HSB&Co., but that does not establish the maker of your gun.
Have you looked around here?
https://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewto ... 5&t=447782

We need full size in focus close up images in order to help.

EuroMan · **Joined:** Sun May 17, 2009 11:43 am **Posts:** 402

RUSO?

I see CRUSO in the trademark chicken.

My $.02,

Drew Hause · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:52 am

Both have been reported, BUT it appears that John is right and I stand corrected.

I found a 1916 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Catalog No. 61
A search for RUSO gave nothing.
CRUSO was obviously a house brand (and one internet source said established c. 1902)
https://rpwrhs.org/w/index.php?title=Hi ... 26_Company

https://archive.org/details/HibbardSpen ... up?q=Cruso

CRUSO and Rev-O-Noc house brand - no RUSO
https://archive.org/details/HibbardSpen ... 5/mode/2up

Here are the CRUSO Crescent doubles
https://archive.org/details/HibbardSpen ... 3/mode/2up

And the CRUSO single, which appears to be a J. Stevens No. 105 (which is not to say that earlier singles were not Crescents)

H.S.B & Co Chicago Shot Gun 1913

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