Originally Posted By: Rookhawk
If Elsies are so mechanically superior, why didn't anyone copy the locks off patent as has been done to Holland, Fox, Dickson and others?

Fox?!? Trust me, you don't want to compare.......

Short answer for the others, both had plenty of associated UK-upper-crust charisma/braggin' rights, apparently enough to overcome the daunting economics of making sidelock and round-action guns with leaf springs.
Regards, Joe


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