Old guns seem not to have the cross-bolt, well i mean hammer guns......i suppose they cannot have the cross-bolt can they? memory has gone.....

The doll's head looks like it would help against the recoil force opening the top of the breach of the barrels upon firing, or is it just me going mad again???

I kept thinking; 'with just the Jones lever closing it via its teeth, how is the top of the barrel at the breach held closed?' with a doll's head it seems that does it....

The Manton has a doll's head.

Ben