Are there proof marks anywhere? My first guess is it is a gun marketed as coming from the famous Manton factory but in reality is a cheap knockoff using the Manton name to sell the gun. We all know of how marketers sold guns to this country using names such as Barker, T. Barker etc. so unsuspecting people would think they were buying the real Parker Brothers name. I have always thought the Manton guns were the classic guns of their time but this gun definitely looks bizarre and a little gaudy. I can't see the name on the lock plate well enough to see the exact initials before the Manton name. It just doesn't look right though.
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