Best of the Best and made Purdey & those other mechanics in the Little British Isles look like Ned in the 1st Reader. I think he was an outlet for Henry Falling Block Actions as he added his flare to them.

In the early 1900s, circa 1904, he devised a 10.75X63 cartridge that became the basis of the 10.75X68 Mauser where Mauser extended the case by 5mm about 5 years later.

https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=457597&page=8

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