Posted by Drew Hause on April 21, 2015, 8:50 am, in reply to "The Hunter"
Bill: yours is the only Davenport I've found with the odd step in the barrel. This may have been an early attempt at monobloc construction. The 1902 W.H. Davenport catalog lists a '1896 Model' without the step. I also found a single with 'Dec. 15, 1897' patent date on the barrel, which may have been the next model.