Thank you guys. Toby, dont feel all that bad, I can't remember where I read that information either, but I know I read it somewhere! I just perused through some books and articles and none of them mention the "who", they just seem to mention that the "0" guns were indeed made by somebody other than Lancasters.

The notion that the "body" action guns were made by F. Beesely suits me just fine, that's quite a pedigree.

I just acquired gun #07825, #1 of a pair, "body action".

Dustin