Upon closer inspection and additional pondering, it would have been highly probably, and possible, that Schovering, Daly & Gales wanted a lower end hammerless model. So they set up a deal with a source in Liege to send a gesteck to Sauer and then Sauer forwarded the finished product on to the U.S. of A. That would begin to explain how several arrived on our Eastern shores just prior to WWI. Of course a copy of the Sauer ledger would prove or disprove this straightaway.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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