So back to those new-fangled hammerless doubles destined for failure
The First Anson & Deeley Hammerless was patented 11th May 1875
U.S. manufacturers 1st (please correct me if mistaken)
Lefever - 1878 - side cocking hammerless patented 1880
Colt - 1883
Smith - 1886
Parker - 1889
Baker - A & B 1892 & Boxlock C 1895
Remington - 1894
In 1895 Crescent introduced the boxlock Triumph Hammerless, based on patents issued to Frederick Beesley and controlled by Charles Lancaster. Crescent's sidelock No. 6 was introduced in 1904
