If smokeless powder had never come along, there would be a few more Tobins around.
The design is neither sidelock, nor boxlock, but, a weird hybrid that has a lot of steel removed from the frame, for the guns mechanics. The only part carried on the sidelocks is the sear springs. The rollers on the hammers and the spring ends, and using the springs as cocking levers was a clever idea, but, due to the design, it is a low pressure ammunition gun, period.
Dave should be along with some documents and photos. But, it is a gun from the past, and the market seemed to work exactly as it should have in this case.
Best,
Ted
