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In "The British Shotgun,' Vol 1 1850-1870 Baker and Crudgington give an excellent and unbiased review of the origins of early breech loaders, Pauly, Lefaucheux,s, Lancaster and many more if not all early designs are reviewed.
In chapter 7, "Daw, Schneider and the Centrefire," are covered in great detail. Also relevant is a review of the patent dispute between Daw and Eley. The gist of this patent dispute centered on Daw,s claim that he held a master Patent covering centre fire shot gun cartridges and that Eley was infringing same!
Daws Claim was for all practical purposes denied; thus allowing Eley to provide their non-patent cartridges to any maker/user of centre shotguns.
With Daw denied a monopoly, the development and production of centrefire guns by the U.K. makers took off.
Last edited by Roy Hebbes; 07/31/13 07:46 PM.
