They were made by three makers, Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich,CT, Iver Johnson's Arms * Cycle Works of Fitchberg,MA and Crescent -Davis Arms Corporation also of Norwich,CT. Here is a post from a thread on an online forum and the link to said thread:Įxcel shotguns are/were 'Trade Brand Name' shotguns made for and sold by Montgomery Wards. While I haven't gotten anything yet on the numbers, I did come across something interesting that I'm not sure if you know yet or not. Well, I'm not gonna be going out to the gun shop for a few days since it's the weekend now, and I gotta take some tests on Monday, but I did do a little online searching for you.