That’s what we built it for ,it’s a delight to handle.. sorry she’s a keeperWow , that's light . It would make for a great walking around /climbing mountains rifle ............. I'll buy it lol .
AB
That’s what we built it for ,it’s a delight to handle.. sorry she’s a keeperWow , that's light . It would make for a great walking around /climbing mountains rifle ............. I'll buy it lol .
AB
What average group size are you achieving with the 22 Hornet at 100 yards please?
My 22 Hornet is the #3 action with a 18” barrel , She likes Factory PPU 45g RN Ammo bang on a 1” 35g Vmax the same !
I went stalking in Scotland with Andy Malcolm many years ago and he showed me an English made falling block that was his fathers and his father had taken his first red with it needed a new barrel but was a lovely rifle in .303.ive always fancied one in .303 .... maybe one day
Would that have been a Farquarson? Spelling? Alway thought his design was inspiration for Bill’s #1.I went stalking in Scotland with Andy Malcolm many years ago and he showed me an English made falling block that was his fathers and his father had taken his first red with it needed a new barrel but was a lovely rifle in .303.
78?These are nice falling block rifles and much neater than the #1s, but not many about.
Shoulda kept this Browning. Octagonal barrel in .243Win.
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1885. Made in Japan, possibly by Miroku?78?
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No I don’t think that was it I’ll take a stab at westley richards but could be way off it was a long time ago it might have been a martini and I think it had an octagonal barrel.Would that have been a Farquarson? Spelling? Alway thought his design was inspiration for Bill’s #1.
Ken.
Martini is not strictly a falling block, more a pivoting type of thingy, but it does fall away.No I don’t think that was it I’ll take a stab at westley richards but could be way off it was a long time ago it might have been a martini and I think it had an octagonal barrel.
I’ve no experience of 78s, are they all High walls, irrespective of calibre? My 1885 was a Low Wall.
I was so very close to purchasing a 78 when they first came out from what was then Gentrys of Welling but I held-off in the hope they could import a Wickliffe Stinger single shot but it never happened. Oh how I wish it had been one or other and ideally the latter:
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It's just a pity it has a less than complementory steel bodied scope and a Ruger-like rib and rings!That's one of the nicest Wickliffes I've seen . As I mentioned above , I had a 76 in 45/70 . I stupidly sold it . It was a very plain version , but was an extremely well made and accurate rifle . They're hard to find now and very expensive .
I did like my B78's , but I wasn't to impressed with the trigger assembly . It was overly complicated , compared to an original High Wall , and had some glitches . If you adjusted the trigger below about 3 to 3 1/2 pounds , you'd lose the half cock feature . I don't use a half cock as a safety , but it just bothered me . It wasn't a major issue to be honest , I'm just a bit of a trigger snob . The one thing I did like on the 78's was the adjustable brass deflector / stop . You could direct ejected brass to the left or right , or if in the middle position , it would keep the brass in the loading trough on top of the breach block , a nice feature when shooting at the range . In all honesty , the above rifles are built to a better standard than the No 1's IMHO .
AB
#3 are very hard to find over here , they do come up now & then mostly in 22 Hornet, Ive always wanted #3 in 30-40 KragI had a similiar rifle and scope set up to GOMX' No3 in 22 Hornet . Mine was chambered in 223 though , a nice little walking around Coyote rifle .
AB
For some reason the pic didn't show up on this post , probably operator error .
No3's are common here , one in 30/40 is Unicorn poo . I had one in 375 Winchester , I sold it to a buddy who's a single shot freak ( he has a No3 in 30/40 that's getting buried with him ) under the condition that if he sells it , it comes back to me .......... I'm not holding my breath on that one .#3 are very hard to find over here , they do come up now & then mostly in 22 Hornet, Ive always wanted #3 in 30-40 Krag