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Joel:
I will be there on Saturday. I do not know if I will be able to come down on Friday, as I already promised the neighbor guy my services (brute force and ignorance) that day.
I tried communicating with Mr. Winfer via email in the past. I guess I now know why it did not work... <g> By all means, please ask Mr. Winfer if he has such pictures.
Please feel free to write me direct. gfewless@tds.net
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Sorry I can not help you with the safety.
However I am interested in why you want to have this type safety? From your perspective does it have attributes over the trigger bow design?
I used the trigger bow placement on the rifle I built. Mine tilts forward, which is different then Fraser's design, when you take the gun off safety and seems to work well.
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Mr. LRF:
While I do prefer the tang safety, I am sure the trigger guard safety works very well. The main reason we wish to go with it is because the tang safety is more marketable.
Glenn
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I am going to do a top tang safety conversion on a Fraser action I am building also. I am building the gun for myself, and my reason for the conversion is that it is much more natural feeling to me as I have always shot sxs shotguns with the top tang safety.
Joel,
Thanks for the article. I would love to chat with you at some point about British singles....they are my passion for sure.
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One comment if I may from a design perspective. The tang safety as shown in the DeHaas book (which I will assume was drawn from an actual gun) has a concern in that it is a trigger blocking safety and not a sear blocking safety. I am sure most of you understand the difference that can entail.
When I designed my gun, following the Fraser footprint, I changed the safety to a sear blocking type. This could also be done easily on the tang safety design.
Everyone gets to choose their desires but if you have intentions of selling your gun and someone drops it and the sear bounces free of engagement, you could possibly be looking at negative legal responsibility. As is said you get to choose.
If anyone is interested I can show a pdf of the CAD design I did for my gun. If yes can someone tell me how you would upload a file and attach it to the thread. Or do you load it like any other image?
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Back to the original thread:
I dropped the action off with Fred Bowen who, in turn, turned it over to Dave Norin who will disassemble and anneal it. Dave has created adjustable spacer plates to keep actions from warping when he anneals or case hardens them. Without that step, disaster can ensue.
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Back to the original thread:
I dropped the action off with Fred Bowen who, in turn, turned it over to Dave Norin who will disassemble and anneal it. Dave has created adjustable spacer plates to keep actions from warping when he anneals or case hardens them. Without that step, disaster can ensue. Amen, brother. Regards, Joe
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Absolutely love the fact that you are keeping it in .303. Look forward to seeing the old girl rise from the dead!
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Me too, but when I go into these kind of projects with each aspect being done by different craftsmen, I always prepare myself for the wait to be twice as long as predicted.
So far the best thing to come out of this is having been told by Dave Norin that he considers board member and fellow Wisconsinite Glenn Fewless to be one of the finest gunsmiths around when it come to English rifles. I have a Field side lever I am considering giving Glenn to work on when I find out how much money I have left over after the Farquharson is done.
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