I looked into the question of London gun makers possibly making A&D action guns pretty deeply as part of the Reilly line research. I queried several scholars including Donald Dallas, Douglas Tate and Vic Venters.
The conclusion was that no London gun maker except possibly one made the A&D boxlock actions themselves - none - they were all bought in the white from Birmingham which by 1878 was tooled up to produce them. The London gunmakers concentrated their resources on making side-locks and touting them as - well - more "interesting."
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