Gaugedrifles;
Thanks for the pic. That surely does look like the Scott patent. There is a post on the Lefever forum concerning a set of bbls (only) which have also been sleeved to rifles & bear this same patent & have British proofs. They are however with the D M Lefever marking on the rib & likely were for a Lefever Sidecocker originally Ca 1878-1880. I have seen no pics of those yet & the proofs may well have put there at sleeving. I do not believe these to be Lefevers, though. This has been to me a very interesting discussion & I thank you for the post. Matter's not to me whether the bbls are actually worth $1.00 or $1,000.
One thing is still somewhat of a puzzler though. The London Proofs indicate man'f in England, but must have been destined to sell in the USA, else why would they have marked the US patent on it rather than the British??
