Originally Posted By: LeFusil
Originally Posted By: treblig1958
I think the French and the Germans, especially the French, had far more input into the development of firearms than the English.

Performance, and their remarkable record of performance, that is the key to the English predominance.


Many English patents and designs were preceeded by French patents and design sometimes by as much as decade or two. A good example...The "jones" underlever and bolting system having been designed, patented, and used in France well before Jones thought of it, let alone filed for a patent. English gunmaking was very much like BASF....they made good things better.


This article alludes to how H&H bettered designs to achieve their status. H&H

Last edited by KDGJ; 07/19/17 06:51 PM.