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Raimey, thanks. That's much more than I knew before. The R F Schaefer gun does seem to predate his 1880s joining with his father and brother. ??

Also, it would be fun to fully understand how the Belgian started guns went to Germany, and then the U.S. I wonder if G. Lindner was the go between in those early years for Belgium, Germany, then on to the U.S. for Daly, Schaefer, etc. It was always my thought, though I cannot substantiate it, that the guns of this type came to the U.S. from Europe into the hands of Daly. Then on to Schaefer, Thomas Golcher, Jakob, Schmidt, etc.