Ron is correct. This is what I found regardomg Cemtral; Arms Company.
CENTRAL ARMS CO
Mad by Crescent Fire arms Co for Shapleigh Hardware Co of St. Louis MO 1904 1930. Sidlocks built by Crescent Firearms, and Boxlocks by Stevens Arms.
CENTRAL ARMS COMPANY
W.H. DAVENPORT FIREARMS CO ON...
The New England Arms Co was a Trade Name used by Charles Godfrey on imported shotguns
NEW ENGLAND
This Shotgun was mfg'd under this trady name, by Andrew Fryberg for Sears Roebuck & Co from 1905 to 1907
jm
That "ole gun" if in full choke barrel is the scurge of Turkey shoots here in GA. I own the Mossberg model, and it brings home a turkey each year from local shoots.
If it is cyl bore, it make a decent deer gun, if in 12ga. I have seen them mounted with scopes for deer hunting. "Olde but...
As I examine the side plate it appears to say TOWNLEY.
This tells me it is still a "hardware gun" made by or imported by H&D Folsom Arms Co, of NY for the Townley metal and Hardware Co of Kansas City MO. You will probably get a better picture with the pencil.
HJN
To better read the sideplates.
Take a #2 graphite pencil. Color over any writtings. This should enhance the lettering so you should be able to read it.
JM
We discovered that by crowning the bbl accuracy was OK up to about 25 yds. Not much over that. But it did put out 750 rpm, and like you mentioned, it was kind of "spray and pray" but it did help suppress fire.
JM
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