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Thank you gentlemen. Gene, I have to say that I did not know anything about this action until it arrived and inspired me to do a bit of research.

I have found the above illustration in “Practical Hints on Shooting, by 20-Bore” 1887.

It shows the same action, but with bites for the bolt in both lumps. I do not know if any were made like that or whether when they went from paper to metal they found there was not enough room for the forward bite.

There is a similar illustration in Stonehenge (J. H. Walsh) the Modern Sportsman’s Gun and Rifle, 1882.

Last edited by Parabola; 01/03/22 01:18 PM.