Mine arrived Thursday and I'm almost done reading it. Ahhh... life is good.
In reading the W. & C. Scott & Son article by John Campbell I was surprised to see on page 118 an illustration of the Scott patented Gas Check System and the caption mentions that this feature is also seen on other British maker's guns, the one pictured being a Holland & Holland, but no mention is made of the Scott patented Gas Check System having been used on any American made guns.
What a coincidence that on Tuesday, while on business some 1500 miles from my home in Massachusetts, I was fortunate enough to examine a privately owned Parker Bros. A-Grade top-action hammer gun with this exact same "Gas Check System" however no mention is made of it in the PGCA Research Letter. The gentleman for whom the gun was made however, was extremely well-connected in the national and probably international shooting community so, it is not out of the realm of possibility that he may have sent his Parker to England to have it machined in such a manner.
Last edited by DAM16SXS; 04/10/11 09:53 PM.
