Ken61:
Do you mean Mr. Hallquist's Frank Kuhn locks or Joe Wood's. Yeah, I need a little more info to mount a text effort. I have mislaid some info on Daly's import man who was either in Antwerp or Bremen. At some point I stumbled across and article describing the sourcing agent but it has escaped me for a time. I guess I need to closely re-read the Daly Colour thread & see if it comes to me.
Cheers,
Raimey
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If I'm reading the captions right, it's the lock titled "Joe's lock above" that appears to be the same as 441, with the keystone shaped spring stop.
As far as comprehensive information, it would be nice to know
the history of lock sourcing and the relationship to serial numbers, appproximate year of manufacture, and which Lindner was in charge of manufacture at the time.
Just in this thread we have the Scott locks, the later locks like 441 and Joe's lock, and the even later design of the lock on the OP's gun. I think the Scott lock guns can be attributed to Georg, and the Op's gun to Heinrich, but what about the low serial numbers like 441 and Joe's gun, lacking the Crossed Pistols and Crown mark. It would also be nice to know when the transition to mainly 12ga guns happened, almost certainly under Heinrich.
It also looks like the production of the SBT guns may have occurrred under Ernst.
Reading back on the list, Daly 1569 lacks Lindner marks, but Golcher 1662 has them. The real question is does this indicate Heinrich taking control? And if so did it occur around the time of his contract with Daly and his marriage? Or did it occur earlier? Those two events at about the same time would be a suitable time for Georg to retire, as Heinrich would have a secure future because of them.
Regards
Ken
