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This finally came in a week ago. It’s a Fraser best falling block in 400/360. The rifle is super tight when put together and getting cases sized to fit is a work in progress. Steve Bertram is helping me getting it up and running. The gun looks original and has a lot of case color and 95% barrel blue. Ken
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That is a beautiful rifle remaining in lovely condition. Should be a joy to shoot.
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I would love to see more of the barrel mounting feature. I cannot think of any British takedown actions that I have ever seen disassembled. I'd be interested in knowing how they compare with some of the American takedown actions like the 1885 Winchester, for example.
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Brent, It uses a threaded barrel and a threaded pin to lock the barrel in place. The pin screws into the indent in the barrel. The threaded pin is on the left side of the action and turns almost 360 degrees to its stop. Locked position Unlocked position Ken
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Thanks for those pictures. That's not what I expected, but great to see. Nice to have that it the big lever on that locking screw, so the bolt can be removed easily. It doesn't get more spectacular than that.
Show us some targets when you get a chance.
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There’s NOTHING cooler than a Fraser!
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I really like that! Congratulations. I hope it shoots half as great as it looks. British single shots are just wonderful and a takedown barrel is just icing on the cake.
The engraving on that one looks very crisp. Just wonderful.
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I keep coming back to look at this rifle whenever someone posts a comment, and I'm always reminded of a small crew of earnest, hardcore steampunk cosplayers I ran across in a pub in Paris in the last days of 2013. And I mean that in the best possible way. This thing is nuts. My inner cinematic props manager is agog. This rifle is wonderful to look at, and endlessly interesting to contemplate, technically. That lever. That barrel quick-detach mechanism. Those delicate express sight leaves, looking like they were hewn from metallic onionskin. That weird, partially-obscured chromed or nickelled bicycle-horn in the case in the first picture. The way the case's innards are perfectly-fitted along the pistol-grip. The severe, brutal, functional opulence and ornateness of the whole kit and caboodle.
What a treat. Best quality? Uh, yes.
Add me to the list of those who're curious about how it will shoot- and how you're managing creating digestible ammunition for it.
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Fudd,
I am sure that you already know this but “That weird, partially-obscured chromed or nickelled bicycle-horn in the case in the first picture” is the boiling out funnel from the days when that was a necessity to get rid of the residue from corrosive primers.
Frequently the nozzle end was soldered into a bored out case for a precise fit in the chamber. David Little at Kynamco made some like that.
I found one like that in an antique shop, but sadly it had been chewed by somebody’s dog so I left it.
I agree with you and everyone else, what’ve fabulous rifle. KDGJ - Thanks for the superb pictures.
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My dear sir, I'd known about rousting corrosive salts out with boiling water, but I'd had no idea that such an implement existed to facilitate the process.
Learned something today. Merci.
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