These guns were cocked with a cocking lever on the side of the breech. In 1878 he won first prize at the St. Louis Bench Show and Sportsman's Association for the best breech-loading shotgun in America.
In 1878, these guns were loaded with a lever on their rear end and he took first place at the St. Louis Bench Show and Sportsman's Association for the best breech-loaded shotgun in the country.