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Oh, so it is a Coil Spring Sidelock. I wonder if William Baker had some influence?

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=85026

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=333182&page=all
Notes the Imperial w/ William Baker Coil Springs.....

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Can you post a photo of the side of the rear barrel lump? And yes, Baker ejectors.

I believe Asbury supplied barrelled actions so probably produced the lumps. Whether he struck and fitted the barrel tubes himself I don't know but it is possible. The gun you have certainly has some interesting features, I've still not managed to find a reference to the locks but hopefully someone will be along soon with some info.

It has a lot of pits too.

Thanks to all for the information. It's been great fun learning about it. I hope it comes together well and is shootable with the light stuff.

IGC on Asbury, FYI:

Name Joseph Asbury
Other Names J Asbury & Sons
Address1 11 Weaman Row
Address2 Lench Street
Address3 4 Sand Street
City/Town Birmingham
Country United Kingdom
Trade Action Maker
Dates 1890?-1948?

Notes

The firm is thought to have been established at 11 Weaman Row in about 1890 as action makers. They produced actions for a range of top quality gunmakers. In about 1894 they moved to Lench Street, and from about 1900 also made barrels. At some time after 1932 the firm moved to 4 Sand Street. In about 1948 the firm closed and one of their customers, A A Brown, took over the premises, stock and machinery.

Tim

Would this action, other than generally being a SLE, be called some style or type of SLE? Like Anson & Deely is a foundational design.

Ok. Thanks for the photo. Nothing unusual. Looks like a great project. Keep us posted on your progress.

Will do. Most of my searching for "Baker style ejector" yields information on an airplane ejector seat. Where would a person look for parts, and using what naming criteria?

I don't know where you'd find parts. I think they were pretty much bench made. There are good drawings of Baker ejectors in Graham Greener's book. Greener put the Baker ejectors in a lot of their guns. A skilled metal worker could of course make anything that you need. Yours looked complete as far as the forend parts.