What I thought would be neat and tidy (it isn't proving to be so) is to get a feeling for the number of gunmakers who actually did most of the work on their own guns. I realize this is going to be fuzzy at best due to the nature of the trade but perhaps it's worth the effort. Seems to me if the action was made by the shop they probably made the barrels and stock too.

Dave, if this criteria were applied to todays makers I imagine the list would dwindle down to a single hands finger count.

John McCain is my war hero.