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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
    From what I have read, it seems that Bannerman became notorious in the late 19th C. for buying up obsolete/replaced/reject components as scrap from Springfield and then turning them into complete guns
    That he did. He was a surplus dealer that knew how to glean a dollar. I have a collection of his catalogues.
    Regards, Jim

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