Larry,
Here's a question for you. The guns I've found with the crescent indented receiver lack the "Screw Grip" of the Webley & Brain 1884 patent. Is it reasonable to still think the guns were made by W&S? Or, would the lack of this feature mean that they were produced by a different Maker? I've seen this (or the lack of the feature) on not only Jeffrey guns, but on guns sold by several other provincial makers/sellers.
Does the lack of the feature exclude W&S? If true, it throws open the issue of who actually made the guns again.
Regards
Ken
Ken--Although the 500 was a screw grip gun, I'm not sure you could eliminate W&S because they used a different type of bolting system on the 500. For example, the Reliance or Continental made by W&S also had the same crescent notch in the receiver back. The photo I have of one of those shows a Greener crossbolt lockup. So I think W&S is still in the running. But good point about the 500.
Last edited by L. Brown; 04/26/15 06:03 PM.
