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SKB #607189 11/28/21 03:32 PM
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MacNaughton used the pivot safety for most if not all of his round actions. The new MacNaughton skeleton actions from Dickson also have the pivot safety.

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Originally Posted by KDGJ
MacNaughton used the pivot safety for most if not all of his round actions. The new MacNaughton skeleton actions from Dickson also have the pivot safety.

Ken

I did not know that about the new McNaughtons.

Shouldn't you be packing for a deer hunting trip about now? No snow in the forecast.


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Heading out again on Tuesday!

Look at the second picture Pendulum Safety

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Fluid steel in 1880 would be unusual. Maybe the proof marks could ferret it out.

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Daryl,

I have Rigby made in 1883 with original steel barrels. Not sure when gunmakers first started using steel barrels.

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Edward Paton, 1870's I believe, steel barrels but a damasus top rib.


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Lang, matched pair of Live Pigeon guns in original oak and leather case. Trigger plate actions, pivot safties, flat filed ribs, with somewhat nicer engraving on the fences.(IMO) Sorry, for the poor photo quality.

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If the action is cocked via the underlever, it is likely that the bar is solid, with no recesses cut for internal action parts, hence fairly heavy. Add the weight of the sideplates and the stout 3 inch chambered barrels and it all adds up. Still a pretty gun though, the smooth top tang with no top lever looks more elegant, to me at least, than top lever guns.

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I have one in 8 bore but with a very plain action that is Nickel plated. The push forward underlever does cock the action and allows the barrels to drop; that and the swivel safety makes it a very easy gun to use with thick gloves on. Nitro proof damascus barrels but sadly now only really sees service for goose shooting in Scotland where lead is still legal away from wetlands. Nice guns but not the prettiest. The side plates are just dummies as it is a true trigger plate action. Lagopus.....

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Originally Posted by Daryl Hallquist
Fluid steel in 1880 would be unusual. Maybe the proof marks could ferret it out.

I have an 1880 Purdey bar-in-wood hammer gun with original Whitworth fluid pressed steel barrels. It was one of the first with steel barrels---I have seen reference to several other Purdey's with similar steel barrels.

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