Thanks for the comments 500Nitro. Sorry I can`t oblige with photos - I have a problem with my PC at the moment in that I can`t access new pictures to upload - but they are available to browse in my pictures file - a problem that coincides with the Fuji camera software that my daughter loaded on Tuesday night ( I told her to get a Nikon like mine ! )
When I said that the rifle was `remarkably similar` to the Alex Henry I meant that it appears to be a clone of the Alex Henry rifle as far as the action is concerned. Obviously I don`t know who was responsible for the Alex Henry action either. I agree that it is highly unlikely to have been W.C.Scott, or Webley ...or Webley and Scott as the two rifles are unlike any their actions that I have seen.
Re. The date I suggested: 1900 is an approximate date but I believe that it is not too far off. As far as I remember Jeffery completed the development of his 3 inch .450/.400 NE in 1896 and immediately made it generally available however I don`t know how rapidly it was taken up by other gunmakers.
Yes, Holland and Holland outsourced all of their guns until 1893 - a fact that has now been published and agreed -and W.C.Scott/Webley and Scott continued to build all the `Dominion` models. As regards how much of the rest of their output Holland and Holland actually built after that date depends upon ones intepretation of the word `built` - does the assembly and finishing of outsourced actions, barrels and locks qualify as `building` ? If it does then the answer is `quite a lot`, if not ...........
The very good thing about contemporary London gunmaking is that London guns ARE now built in London.