Personally, I don't see one thing the author wrote that doesn't make perfect sense.Zonie
Never believe everything you read in books because there is a large decree that is not true there is a lot of writers of these books that copy what has been said 50 to 100 years previous whose then writers have copied it from books say 150 plus before which finish with a result far from the truth . The best research is what you do yourself from original records such has the Census, patent officers and telephone directories ,from the late 70,s I did 25 years research in the north of the UK makers and entered over 300 known gunmaker from the Georgian period to the present ,Out of the research there was many untruths of what many top writers had wrote because most of their information was only copied from previous books
Feltwad
So, you are saying flintlocks weren't used in pigeon shoots up thru the 1820's? The guns they shot weren't large bore shotguns ranging from 4 bore to 12 bore?
People did not bet on the outcome of those pigeon shoots? Were people following 1830 many who participated in pigeon shoots were still using flintlocks? You are suggesting that the Manton style elevated rib didn't help pigeon shooters hit their targets?
I'm anxiously waiting for you to tell me what errors were made in the quotes I gave.