You're kidding, right? W. & C. Scott did NOT do sloppy or poor work on any guns, let alone fully engraved sidelocks.

Which is my point!

For whatever reason the oversized standing breech appears to have been deliberate back in the day.

About all I can say on the matter without getting into an argument...

...except that if you find any of these "dogs" on your side of the ditch Lindsay, please send them over to those of us who appreciate fine gun-making,
regardless of variations in house style!