"According to Burrard, Purdey's Beesley action used a modified Southgate ejector design. In the standard Southgate design, which was actually invented by Beesley and sold to Hollands a few months before the Southgate patent."

The Snow Leopard
Ivan Johnson & David Trevallion
The Double Gun Journal
Winter 2001

Can anyone elaborate on the Beesley/Southgate connection?