Mark,

Congrats on your gun. As Daryl mentioned, while S&D (later SD&G) sourced the majority of their hammer guns from Georg Lindner (followed by his son Heinrich), the earliest Daly hammer guns show a lot of variation in their design and makers. To be honest, the early hammer guns are all over the map.

The wikipedia entry appear to have some inaccuracies. To start, from period references, SD&G were retailing guns with the Daly prior to 1875. My best estimate is they started circa-1870. Also, I I do not believe Lefever ever made Daly guns. While some early Daly hammerless guns were built on the Lefever sidecocker patent, I don't believe Lefever actually manufactured them.

Eager to see pics of what you bought.

Ken