I would think the best source on Lang is Lang's own pamphlet one would think. Early 1854 for Lang's first center-break gun would fit with urban legend.



I've asked Diggory Hadoke for his observations on where early pin-fires might be squirreled away in museums or something. Still, that rifle (and given the number of "marker dates" and "sanity checks" grouped around it, I'm very confident that it's dated to within a couple of months), was something.

I'm really curious about AaronN's observation on the Reilly cartridge above. I also will start with an assumption that it was contracted from France. But Aaron has come up with a lot of very good investigative reporting.

Last edited by Argo44; 09/10/20 08:14 PM.
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