Gary - leave it to you to find a photo! This is the first advertising photo I have ever seen. Thank you much. I also now know that it held three shots total - I never knew that. It makes sense how much fatter the .50/70 cartridge is. I had expected they would have a wood forearm and that is what I expected on the rifle I bid on. Although the metal forend looked original to me. I understand some of these guns were made up from parts after the factory went under. Interesting that the ad states it is .50 caliber but gives no information beyond that. Also interesting that they don't specify it was a smoothbore. We know for sure the rifle didn't catch on and I am not surprised.
Johno - this is one heck of an interesting thread you started.
