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Per an earlier answer in this forum from Alvin and Roy, "Secret Service Special was a trade name used on inexpensive revolvers retailed by the Rohde-Spencer Company of Chicago. The Howard Arms Co name was distributed by H&D Folsom, usually on shotguns made by their subsidiary company, Crescent Firearms, or imported from Belgium. If R-S ordered revolvers from Folsom, they would quite possibly have both names." Folsom operated in the early 20th century. If the gun was imported, there should be proof marks from the country of origin. If there is no manufacturer's name, it most certainly is of the inexpensive class once known as a "suicide special," and later called a "Saturday night special."
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