Something is odd in the story of the Purdey lock/Scott Spindle symbiotic relationship. There is Scott putting Purdey 1104 Patent Use Numbers and "Purdey Patent Lock" on all his guns (along with a letter claiming Scott was paying Purdey for the privilege). And here is an 1874 Purdey 10 bore with a Scott Spindle with nary a nod to Scott - nowhere is the Scott patent mentioned: (notice the non retracting firing pins). Something is rotten in Denmark.

https://www.drake.net/j-purdey-lond...oading-hammer-gun-9233-completed-in-1874

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Last edited by Argo44; 10/06/23 10:38 PM.
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