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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: In 1880, Daniel Myron Lefever patented the first commercially successful hammerless breach-loading shotgun. He had been involved in several unsuccessful firearms businesses after the Civil War, but his new shotgun design quickly became popular. Unfortunately, “Uncle Dan” lost control of the Lefever Arms Co. in 1883 after a fire. The founder was named Superintendent of the company bearing his name, but A. Ames Howlett became president. After years of success, …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Tavana firm, thanks to the continuous researches and improvements carried out during the last years, is now able to produce these new overlapped type guns, which present unique solutions both in respect to technique and to safety. Their overlapped guns are of such a high quality that they can hold the first place among the national and foreign guns. All of their guns are subject to a fifth test carried out by the Government Authorities by using nitro compound powders. …