This is making more sense to me, so I'll throw out a historical hypothetical and see if it sticks.

In the early 1870's the Northeast really just had Grouse and Waterfowl for bird hunting. This was before the pheasant was widely introduced. Grouse Hunters would prefer a lighter gun, an English sidelock or A&D gun, rather than a heavy 10ga. It appears to me that Daly (at that time) was really looking to produce a Wildfowling gun, suitable for Brant on the Delmarva or Canvasback on the Chesapeake. Since the English did produce this type of action for their Wildfowling guns, it's natural for Daly/Lindner to source the actions there.

German tastes at that time trended towards lighter action guns, Lefauchex and Jones Underlever being popular. Having trudged up and down a few German mountains in my time, this makes sense. I don't recall seeing any of these 10ga guns being produced in Germany at that time, but I may be wrong. If right, then it seems reasonable to think the actions were not being produced either. Since the actions were being produced in England, Lindner probably always sourced them from there.

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 01/01/17 12:03 PM.
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