I guess we'll never know who "LE" is stamped on the barrels.
Oh, but we will at some point, albeit hinged on a preponderance of evidence. We know the time frame, we know the task and we know the initials. What we are missing is a comprehensive list of craftsmen and their task. Some gunsmiths were tube makers, or performed a task within the realm or area of expertise of the tube maker, while I'm pretty sure that not all tube makers were gunsmiths. Take Wilhelm Kelber for example. As far as I know he wasn't a master gunsmith but more than likely a master tube maker. When we've exhausted the list of potential gunsmiths for LE, we'll need to look toward the tube makers. I'd guess a first name of Lorenz or Ludwig and then there's I guess a baker's dozen of E names.
Forgot not that we've yet to begin on the names of the wood craftsmen.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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