Great information, Daryl. Not only as it relates to the firms mentioned, but the implications it holds for the trade as a whole.

Two small items; on the combination gun it looks like the rifle barrel is Damascus, while the shotgun barrel is fluid steel? Of the many I have seen, it is usually just the opposite.

Also, I asked Simon Clode specifically about the Lindner patent stamps and he relied that "all of the records from that time were lost in a fire" Might have been during the Blitz, can't remember.

C.