White & Wills- Can you help ID my shotgun?

[Jason7504]

Hi. I inherited some guns from a family member and one of them was this shotgun. It says White & Wills Chicago on it but I couldn't find anything online. Do you know anything about this gun?

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[bcp]

White & Wills was a hardware/sporting goods store in Chicago pre-1900. Many hardware stores sold guns with their names on them, instead of the
makers name.

There may be more markings not visible externally.

I looked at several lists of "Store Brand Guns" but they were all for a more modern era. For example:https://www.nramuseum.org/media/940938/store brand crossover list.pdf

Here is one list it did appear in:

Shotgun Markings by Joe Vorisek - Cornell Publications

Shotgun Markings by Joe Vorisek - Cornell Read more about maker, located, crescent, belgian, pieper and stevens.

www.yumpu.com

Bruce

 

[Jason7504]

White & Wills was a hardware/sporting goods store in Chicago pre-1900. Many hardware stores sold guns with their names on them, instead of the
makers name.

There may be more markings not visible externally.

I looked at several lists of "Store Brand Guns" but they were all for a more modern era. For example:https://www.nramuseum.org/media/940938/store brand crossover list.pdf

Here is one list it did appear in:

Shotgun Markings by Joe Vorisek - Cornell Publications

Shotgun Markings by Joe Vorisek - Cornell Read more about maker, located, crescent, belgian, pieper and stevens.

www.yumpu.com

Bruce

Very interesting. Thanks Bruce! I'm going to continue researching about it.