"Production Calculus", you may have coined a new term and I'm fond of it. True he did source components and tasks but I don't think he strayed far from his relative network and Sauer. Sources give he was termed as a "rucksack gunsmith", which was a bit demeaning but I'm sure they were jealous of his connections. Forget not that during the same period, the Bohemians sourced the Belgians for components and really weren't even able to approach the 100 longarm examples per year.
I will say that I have read from several sources that he really didn't make any guns, but I don't think that to be the case.
Any yearly production numbers for the 1890 decade as well as the early 1900s?
Today, I have wrestled with the serial number and stamped number near the forend lug. Sometimes it's 200+, more or less, and sometimes it is -200, more or less. It must have something to do with payment; to whom I can't say.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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