Thanks Larry,

The W&S Model 500 pic I found was a match. This makes more sense to me than WJ Jeffery actually making the gun, they may even have bought it "in the white" and finished it.

Thanks Franc,

Happen to know of any pics of H Leonard & Co guns? I've also found references of D Leonard & Sons making rifles for Jeffrey.

I've also found a citation stating John Saunders made shotguns for Jeffrey.

There's opinions out there that Jeffrey made few, if any, of his own guns.

From all this, it seems apparent that the crescent-shaped action was, at least at one time, available "from the trade", possibly from one of the forging companies serving the Wolverhampton area firms. It doesn't look like it was limited to only one manufacturer. However, W&S seems the most likely.

Sound reasonable?

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 04/24/15 02:55 PM.
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