EASTERN ARMS CO. was a tradename used by Sears Roebuck &Company on revolvers made by Meriden Firearms.Meriden Arms was 30%owned by Sears, and manufactured a line of top-break revolvers andshotguns in the 1905 to 1920 timeframe. Almost all their productionwent to Sears. The Meriden revolvers closely resembled the IverJohnson revolvers of the time because the plant manager at Meriden,Andrew Fryberg, had previously worked for Iver Johnson. Andunfortunately, there are no public records of exactly when aparticular gun was made by them.