Philbert, Aug 2006 DGJ has all the hyperbole about self regulation, and, "guaranteed to never shoot lose with nitro loads" (I assume nitro loads of the time). Also the adverts with the Grade 3 stock differences I noticed.
I will ferret out what Hollenbeck's ideas were after I reverse engineer the locking mechanism. There must be something that draws the barrels to breech, probably the top lever spring, but maybe the unusual cocking arm arrangements (until they wear from disassembly). We'll see. It's a good case for gun nuts to explore. The crosspin is certainly not unique in diameter, nor is the hook per se. It might be the broad radius/angle at the base of the breech, with H feeling the angle and bearing surface provided some benefit. The standing breech watertable intersection is not a round corner like Scott introduced/invented, but rather a broad flat. Providing tangential bearing.
Tinkering and learning about old things is fun. Lots of fertile mechanical minds back then. And all blank paper for them to explore.
TopGun, your articles got me interested in these guns.
Oh, and on the 20, Well, the fun is in the searching once you know what you are looking at. I would feel no less compelled should I find the Plovered 20 in a degraded condition, than Terry L. did over the fallen Optimus.
