Chris Curtis, author of "System Lefaucheaux" also gives 1866 as the date for the only U.S. maker, Nathaniel R. Davis, of pinfire shotguns. N.R. Davis had 3 offerings: a single barrel, with something like a Roux breech, the Thrasher & Aiken(employee) with the release button inside the triggerbow and a 3rd tipdown left side breech lever. The 1st and 3rd could have been doubles also. Curtis credits Charles Carder with the pic/image credits. Theodore Roosevelt's 1st scattergun was a Lefaucheux pinfire just before he was 14 years of age.
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