Interesting. I know that patent use numbers are not a reliable indicator of age of a gun; unless they are.
-- The above Clarke & Sons, Midlands Gun Works SN 9683 dated circa1880 has A&D use # 1147.
-- The earliest Reilly box lock in my database, SN 22482 dated Jan 1880 per my chart, is use # 1156 .

I am curious about the Westley Richards patented top lever. Was that patent still current in 1880?

Last edited by Argo44; 06/24/23 05:06 PM.

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