Well, I'm hoping that PeteM or some other Auguste Francotte authority will have some input. The U.S. of A. sporting weapons story is so complex involving many other gunmaking centers and we have just scratched the surface. In time more details will surface so stay tuned. My true interest commences about this time as Schoverling & Daly arrive on the scene & there is just enough mechanization from the industrial revolution that psuedo-mass production of sporting weapons occurs in the Austria-Hungarian empire as well as Belgium & Germany.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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