I have often wondered how gun manufacturers were able to produce working guns without all the technology we have today. It must have been very difficult to mass produce precise firearms without computer guidance or the resources we have today.
The fit and finish must have not have been very close to todays standards? Is there any pictures that would show the standards that they built to?
This is a very amazing and mind boggling topic, (kind of like how far space goes)
It is truly amazing what they could do with the very limited resources that they must have had. It is said the only think good about the good old days is there gone