Hello 82,

If I am correct, your rifle never saw Scotland or the inside of any Scottish gunmakers shop. I understand it was developed in South Africa and was sold in either kit form or as a fully finished rifle. There were problems and the company was either moved to, or was purchased by a company in Italy. Frank DeHaas wrote a short piece about it in one of his books. To say the least, he wasn't impressed. He too had problems with the firing pin from the first round he fired. The venture was a flop, the design was somewhat radical and didn't find favour anywhere. I believe one or two ASSRA Members have one but more as curiosities rather than a good shooting rifle.

As for price and condition if it didn't need repairs to the mechanism and the stock $225.00 is a bit much for a rifle that isn't much use or have any collectors value. Just my opinion of course and you know what people say about those. 

Harry

Frank deHaas wrote a scathing critique of these when they were new.

Yeah, a local shop has one in Hornet. Cute, but broken, and still $895!

Well this stick is in my posession now, and it turns out indeed to be a kit gun, it looks like it was a reject off the line because the front sight it out of time a few degrees.  Took it to the range and tried seating a round in the chamber only to find that the chamber hadn't been cut either, and the place that sold me the rifle stressed that it was sold "as is", so $100 later I now have a chamber reamer and go/ no-go gauges. The extractor needed fitting because it was an interference fit even though it was numbered to the receiver. I can't see anything in the hammer/ sear design that screams poor design, but quality is another thing.  The sear notch in the hammer is deeply grooved with a polished high spot that the sear interfaces, so I might see about having a new set EDM'd out of some good quality steel.  I also intend to remove the sear rebound spring that sits at about a 45deg angle pushing up on the nose of the sear in favor of a flat spring that depresses the tail. When its all done it should be a good woods walking rifle.

The rear sight is timed fine, and the top flat of the barrel lands where it should, but the front sight was improperly installed. You can see scribe lines on either side of the front sight base which must have told the worker where to solder the sight on.  The FSB sits perfectly between those lines, they just happen to have been put in the wrong place. So far I still think it is worth what I paid for it, it just needs some love.

I would love to find one, especially at a fix it up price.  I like the looks of the original Frasers but prefer a rifle more in scale with a rook rifle.

Hope it works out well for you.