Ok, let me see if I can get this straight. Sauer was producing the Hybrid design, and paying no royalties. It was less expensive to produce than their Model 1900 Sidelock action, (or their earlier sidelock action, the model number escapes me) which they transitioned to. Daly negotiated a cost-savings measure by having the guns made with the hybrid action since Sauer was already set up to produce it. Could this gun be considered an early sideplated boxlock? Or a true "transition" action? Sound reasonable? Makes sense about the HAL guns, as it looks like they were priced considerably higher than the Manhattan Arms ones.
Regards
Ken
Last edited by Ken61; 04/18/15 07:59 AM.
