First of all, thank everyone for the suggestions. I see books come up for sale here from time to time, and this thread gives me bit of a reference. I'm most interested in the history of the makers, their innovations, and how they were inter-related. I have bookmarked several old threads here, one of which focused on which makers made what guns for whom. Fascinating stuff.

Here is the gun I bought FWIW:

http://s465.photobucket.com/user/gr8day2016/slideshow/Hussey




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