Wouldn't it be more plausible that the second series numbers started circa 1892, coinciding with the proof law change?
If we extrapolate from there using the 15 gun per month model through 1915, the estimate for the last serial numbers of the second sequence would be approx #4500. If 18 guns per month it would be approx. #5400. The last of the "Lindner Daly's"....
Using the same calculus, they continued using the first mark for a couple of years into the second series, transitioning to the second (HAL) mark at around two to three years of the second series, (1894-1895?) using the estimate of approx the #500 gun.
Even the estimate of #5400 may be low, depending on the degree of expansion during the 1905-1906 period when Ernst came into his own. Which also coincided with the Edwardian Period and the "Golden Age of Shotgunning".
Regards
Ken
Last edited by Ken61; 01/17/17 12:01 PM.
