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Thanks Ted, yes those can be seen on this side of the pond (much better than “content not viewable in your region”).

Patent No. 374 of 1870 is certainly J. Thomas’s Patent.

I have previously seen it [SEE CORRECTION BELOW], usually on Rook rifles, in a triangular surround as on this Thomas made Rook Rifle, originally a .380, bought in by Greener’s in 1881.



Curiously, although the Thomas Patents were for a single bite bearing on the rear lump this (the one re-worked by WWG’s son Charles for his daughter May Greener) and apparently the rest of the batch of about 12 bought in by Greener’s in 1881 had Purdey type double under bolts.