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I looked into the question of London gun makers possibly making A&D action guns pretty deeply as part of the Reilly line research. I queried several scholars including Donald Dallas, Douglas Tate and Vic Venters.

The conclusion was that no London gun maker except possibly one made the A&D boxlock actions themselves - none - they were all bought in the white from Birmingham which by 1878 was tooled up to produce them. The London gunmakers concentrated their resources on making side-locks and touting them as - well - more "interesting."

kinda like the birmingham chevy and the london caddie...

both will get you there and back...

but the caddie in more style...

No because London gunmakers branded A&D action guns as there own.so don't buy the name buy the gun

If we had a bumper sticker it truly should read "don't buy the name buy the gun". There are a few A&D action(ed) gun which were finished to the very highest standards.But they must be 1 in a 1,000 or even 1 in 5,000. When made they cost just as much as the top of the line side-locks but bring a small fraction today. Styles change and values reflect modern values not historic values and not keyed to inflation.

But there are guns finished to the same standards of the top tier gunmakers made by or finished by a less known maker so available at a far lower price this includes sidelock.