I agree that in a gunmaking centre that the final product of a finished weapon is a village effort, cottage industry. Too, I am harsh on Adolph but he is the one that set the bar high, and he himself could not deliver. Don't promise to over deliver if you cannot even deliver. Stay out of the kitchen if it is too hot...... Daly did state that they had a factory in Suhl. I too think he was delusional purporting that what he proffered was produced solely by his hand. He could have said he had a shop in Germany? And with that the question begs, where is Adolph's master mechanic sheepskin? Where did he go on his walkabout, if he even went. I think he was just a façade, master mechanic & legend in his own mind.
He seems to have sourced master mechanics and look @ the adornment on the forend of the subject longarm & tell me how you define it. Compare it to the stock, which I say was made in Zella - Mehlis. Tell me that isn't >>Chicken Scratching<<.
I do fully plan to find his German Subcontractors and if data points that his wares were fully completed in the U.S. of A., I will be the 1st to revise my assessment.
I think he oversold his wares, overloaded his boat, which sank due to his inability to finished weapons in the cellar of his house. The preponderance of evidence sure seems to tilt the scales in that direction. But as always, everyone is entitled to the opinion, and fantasy as it is.
Serbus,
Raimey
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