I find all this pretty interesting,, but I have forgotten most of these 4 pages..
I would have to believe Gunman...he worked at Webley n Scott, or just Webley, in his younger years, it seems,what ever..he seems to me to be a real hands on gunmaker, I'd have to go with what he said,as the rest of the stuff said here is just opinion, not hands on work by real gunmakers...???
I',m sure he is telling the truth,though whether you can understand him or not is a different matter.
Not many posts from real gun makers apart from him.
What would old crossed chisels say???
Talking of David, is he ok, hasn't posted in a good while?
No harm meant, but, these people might just know more than you all..?
Franc