| Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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| Hood Firearms Co. | Norwich | Connecticut | 1874 | 1878 |
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Formed by Freeman W. Hood. Hood controlled the Norwich Arms Co. and the Norwich
Lock Manufacturing Co. He further had interest in the Continental Arms Co.
and the Bacon Manufacturing Co. They employed 65 hands and made about 2,500 guns a month. Trade names: Alert Boy's Choise Brutus Czar Hard Pan International Jewel Liberty Little John Marquis of Lorne Rob Roy Robin Hood Tramps Terror Turner & Ross Union Jack Victoria Wide Awake .22 r.f. caliber, 7 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, solid flat frame, 3 " octagonal barrel,half fluted cylinder saw-handle square butt black rubber grips, nickled, several thousand were made .22 r.f. caliber revolver left side .22 r.f. caliber revolver right side .32 short r.f. caliber, 5 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, solid flat frame, 2 1/2" octagonal barrel, fluted cylinder, saw-handle square butt black rubber grips, nickled, marked HOOD F A CO., PAT APR. 6, 1875 .38 r.f. caliber, 5 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, solid flat frame with sideplate, round barrel, fluted cylinder, birdhead grips .38 r.f. caliber revolver left side |
