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Interestingly, the patent was originally a hammered self-cocker - a very few examples still exist.

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You are quite right. That is an interesting fact I just recently learned from a thread on the doublegunshop.com bulletin board. That discussion can be seen at this link: J. Woodward "Automatic" patent use numbers.

Here are two stunning photos of a Woodward "Automatic" hammer double rifle posted on that thread:



Likewise, here is an explanation that accompanied the photos on the referenced thread:

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The rifle at Julias is patent use # 13. The sliding "switch" on the bottom of the action changes the throw of the cocking lever so when forward, the rifle goes to full cock. If the switch is pushed to the rear, the rifle only goes to half cock. Neat! The other hammer Automatic just went through Amoskeag. It has the same "switch". I don't know if the switch is part of the patent specification.

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