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Just a speculation, but this may have been a gift from father to son, with a little "touch up" work done on the gun first in attempt to improve it's appearance. If only they could talk...
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Ken
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Possibly. But I still wonder if the Lindner-Daly example languished on the shelves for a time? That Daly ledger would be the Rosetta Stone?
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Raimey, I would think that not all Daly guns were special order. Most must have been stock guns, matching their catalog descriptions. Old records of stockholder meetings from Baker Gun and Forging Co. show almost a year's production of finished guns in inventory. They say Paragon and higher grades are finished to order.
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I happened to run accross today a repro of a Montgomery Wards catalog, circa 1905 that had several Dalys listed.
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Possibly. But I still wonder if the Lindner-Daly example languished on the shelves for a time? It's the plating that kind'a bothers me, regarding the thought process that would result in it happening. To me, it's a major detractor.
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I concur that the most of the modells were made in mass and were not bespoken, but knowing the time differential between production and arrival to the Daly Emporium would be most beneficial.
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Here's a very early Lindner on GB. It has the Scott numbers and has PB marks as well, same as a few we've discussed. http://www.gunbroker.com/item/663597506
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Regarding the nickel plated gun with the gift date. It is not uncommon to find guns in the northeast used for waterfowl, especially on salt water to be plated. I would think the plated gun was a special order gun, delivered around the date of the gift. I have a fine plated Joseph Tonks double , probably from around the same period.
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If Daly 796 was made in 1872, should we be considering pushing back the estimate of mfg. year for the earlier guns?
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Ken I have Lindner Daly no. 604 - I have always assumed that this gun was from the mid to late 1890s? It has Purdey double under lugs and a square cross bolt third fastener. I don't think it's from the 1870s.
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C Man,
Your gun (#604) is from the second series of Lindner serial numbers. #796 referred to in the previous post was from the first series. The current theory is that Lindner restarted the serial numbers after the Anson and Deeley patent protection period ran out at around 1889/90. #459 of the second series is the earliest use of the HAL mark, so, just to take a stab at it, Your gun was made circa 1891/2.
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Ken
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