sorry, but you're quite wrong re cogswell & harrison just being a retailer that puts their name on other maker's guns.

C&H is in fact the oldest gunmaker in london. been there for 234 years, since 1770!

you might find their official company history interesting: "Cogswell & Harrison: Two Centuries of Gunmaking", by Graham Cooley & John Newton. Published by Sportsmans Press in september 2000.

i have only one C&H at present, i am sorry to say, and while it is not as nice as my westley-richards, i wouldn't hesitate to buy another C&H.

certainly C&H used bolt actions from the mauserwerke when they built bespoke turnbolts, as did john rigby and H&H. and perhaps they outsourced some other parts too for some models. but C&H has been every bit as much of a gunmaker as WR or H&H.

regards

lapsub