Unfortunately it does not appear that the shift from the crown over crossed pistol mark to the HAL over crossed pistol mark was a clean one.
I noted in the database HAL marked hammerless Daly SxSs as early as serial number 245 (Daryl's Daly above which contains both the HAL notation and the traditional crown over crossed pistols.) . Others serial numbers noted with the HAL mark include 264, 270, 272, 299, 439, 458, 515). Crown marked hammerless guns include serial numbers 322, 3XX, and 597 (the highest crown marked gun in the second series recorded.) So quite a bit of overlap for a couple of years.
In addition to the way the guns were marked, the hammerless design changed considerably during this same period. Notably, the barrel lumps protruded through the bottom of the action, and the dollshead was replaced with a crossbolt in the higher numbered models. Jon S. may be able to provide additional detail here.
Ken
Last edited by Ken Georgi; 05/08/18 10:13 AM.
