I have an interest in the top tang safety on these guns. Any information would be greatly appreciated in that regard.  I will try to post a picture of my action shortly.

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I bought a complete straight stocked rifle that had been rebarreled, and not very well. The action was covered with fine scroll at one point, but had been polished off before I acquired it. I will use the original fore end as a pattern and covert the gun to a pistol grip, top tang safety gun, hence my interest in the safety arrangement. The caliber will be 6.5x54r, the dutch mannlicher round.

Gone Fly Fishing wrote on Apr 8^th, 2010 at 8:42am:


Dear Mr. "Historian":

Do please forgive me for disturbing your little voyage of self importance.

And if you wish to equate my work with cheap knock off chrome plated Chinese pot metal, well...


Glenn Fewless

Bouldersmith & Glenn,

Gentlemen,

There is a whole chapter devoted to Daniel Fraser and his rifles in Jonathan Kirtons book, The British Falling Block Breechloading Rifle from 1865. Pages 217-245.

Unfortunately the only cross sectional drawings are that of Bouldersmiths rifle with the none-automatic trigger guard safety catch. 

There are a lot of interesting photographs of this action with both types of safety catch, rifle sights and stocking and carrying case styles.

It does appear however, that the action with the trigger guard safety, doesn't have an upper tang, whereas the version of the action that has the shotgun style safety, does have an upper tang

It you haven't already got this book it is a worthwhile investment.

Harry

Harry:

Much obliged. I do have the Kirton book and it is a fine work. 

I had hoped for a faithful reproduction of the original design, but it looks like DeHass' work is as close as I am going to get for a pattern. 

Best regards,

Glenn

Field essentially made mostly actions but also complete rifles for the 'trade', and his Field falling block design was used by some of the big names of the Brit gun trade (like H&H, Gibbs, Lancaster, Greener, Bland, Purdey, Th. Turner, Rigby...).  While not having the 'sex appeal' of the Farq or Fraser, it is a very well-designed and engineered action, with very few components.  Essentially a sidelever falling block - very neat, compact and tidy.
This pic comes from the Greener book - a Greener match rifle built on this action:
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If anyone wants more pictures just email me at  whanson@plainstel.com  Itried to load but ?????  Whitey

Whitey,

Yours is not the Falling block one though - you have the Field-Martini action on that rifle.