H&R was a well-known maker of economical shotguns and revolvers, and likely saw an opportunity to compete Must have conveyed to Whiting his company’s interest in the manufacture of automatic pistols, and Whiting must have conveyed to Harrington his desire to license his patents.Īt this time, only Colt’s was producing automatic pistols in the United States. & Richardson (H&R) company in Worcester, Massachusetts in the Winter of 1905, where he met with the 28 year-old Edwin Harrington, president of H&R and son of the founder of the company. Stephen Cuthbertson relates that William Whiting of the Webley & Scott (W&S) company of Great Britain first visited the factory of the Harrington
