Like a hole in a sand pit, the deeper we dig the more questions are unearthed. Other than the patent, I'm curious if George H. Farriss had anything to do with it. It would seen the sporting arm was made at the Auguste Francotte concern. I also wonder if the firearms merchant Ben Kittridge was involved and was he an agent of Auguste Francotte in the 1870s: http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...&PHPSESSID= ????

I'm not sure who S. Sutherland might have been but he was probably the end firearms merchant.

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Raimey
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