Jack, I mispoke concerning C&H. A misreading of Baker's Heyday of the Shotgun, a book whose chapter headings are very much organized along the lines of class stratification. Perhaps Bonehill's "Interchangeable" and Charles Lancaster's "Colonial Quality" hammerless better fit the description. However, Baker does say that C&H had a "brief flirtation" with the lower end of the market with production marketed thru the Victoria Small Arms. Co. of Gillingham St. (same premises as C&H factory). Baker also mentions C&H in the connection of being the one london maker who followed the Brummies into product diversification in bicycles and bike parts.

jack