EXCEL Description
12, 16, 20 ga., or .410 bore, 26, 28, 30, or 32 in. fully choked blue barrel (barrel and lug forged in one-piece), blue or nickel receiver, rebounding center mounted hammer, top lever operated break open design, extractors, walnut stock and forend, approx. 6 3/4 lbs. Mfg. 1910-1935.
This was the economy model of the Champion single barrel that was offered to mail order houses and other wholesalers, and can also be found under the following brand names: T. Barker (H&D Folsum CO., NY), Blackfield (Hibbard-Spencer & Bartlett Co., Chicago), Blackimp K-S-CO (Keith Simmons Co, San Francisco), Challenger (George Worthington Co, Cleveland), Diamond Arms Co. (Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis), Eastern Arms Co. (Sears, circa pre and post WWII), Famous (Hirch Mercantile Co., San Francisco), Falcon (National Lead Co., San Francisco), Hermitage K-S-CO (Keith Simmons Co., Nashville), Ideal (Charles Williams Stores, Brooklyn), King Nitro (Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis), Marshfield (could also be Marshwood, Charles Williams Stores, Brooklyn), Moniter (Paxton & Gallager Co., Omaha), Newport (Hibbard-Spencer & Bartlett Co., Chicago), Olympic Arms Co. (Morley & Murphy Hardware, Green Bay or Morley Brothers, Saginaw), Ranger (Sears, circa pre and post WWII), Revonoc (Rev-o-noc, Richardson & Conover Hardware Co, Kansas City, or Hibbard-Spencer & Bartlett), Scout (Frankfurth Hardware Co., Milwaukee), Sioux (Larson Hardware Co., SD), Triumph (Montgomery Wards), True Blue (Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis), Volunteer (Belknap Hardware Co., St. Louis), Western Field (Montgomery Wards), XLCR (W. Bingham Co., Cleveland). Some of these names will also be found on guns manufactured by other makers, as some names were the property of the wholesaler/retailer.