Hello, David:
I spoke with the fellow that related the Leeds info and he agreed that it was in your timeframe that he visited, which was well after the P-H Musketoon appeared. But, he was also involved with the Amadi parts aspect in the beginning.
He reaffirmed:
P-H may have considered making the entire musketoon in England using a hammer-forged barrel, but told him that what was left of the machinery and tooling from the Enfield days was incomplete and that the cost to rebuild/replace missing original tooling was cost prohibitive.
I may regret the following, but have no dog in this fight, so here goes:
This morning I spoke with Tom Hunger, who was involved along with Brannen Sanders in Euroarms and the Amadi family, both the father and son. Tom strongly shared that he, Brannen and one other know for sure that the production PH musketoons, where ever sold, were ALL built in England using mostly Italian parts and Italian barrel blanks that were rifled and proofed in England. Tom doubts the Amadi family will be responsive. He added that it is possible that P-H made prototype samples completely in England, but NOT the production ones.
Tom said this subject has been beaten to death and that for some reason people simply want to believe in the "All British" version.
Tom spoke well of Brannen and added that he may be the only remaining first-hand witness.
Again, I am only speaking about parts sourcing, not quality.
Very respectfully,
Kevin Tinny
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