The Lancaster base fire was certainly a step along the way but fizzled out. With Daw's patent we did see a step change and a rapid movement in Britain in the centre-fire direction, pinfire fading away quite rapidly. To my mind, this is the first 'modern' shotgun and it is the great grandfather of what we all shoot today. The others are clearly relations but more distantly linked.
I often tell people that my main interest in guns is the 1860-1939 period. For me it all starts with Daw. Now, I need to go and shoot it!
