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Tony, I really like that gun and it's condition is quite good for that age. It appears to have original finishes. If so, I would have to think long and hard about refinishing it. It seems to have some good stories to tell the way it is.
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Nice gun Tony. I would like to see a pic of the breech face without the barrels on.
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I'll ask Westley if it was a pinfire. I see what you mean about the dovetails.
Daryl, point taken, but that's why I buy guys so that I can try and get them back to where they began looks wise. I'll try to be sympathetic with it.
JRB. will take a photo and post it for you.
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Tony, yes, I like the sympathetic term.
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Tony, What is the password to get on your book site?
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Don't think so, Tony. The dovetails are the ancestors to disc set strikers. They are there to be replaced over time because of primer induced breech corrosion.
Some people (Woodward, I believe, Westley maybe) had an horizontal dovetail across the breech face covering both strikers.
The breech face will tell the picture.
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Gun it's "thebook".
WildCattle will take a photo of the face today.
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It does look quite good for age. I am sure you will do it justice Tony.
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Tony,Your Westley gun is not a pinfire conversion it is a very early centerfire gun!W.W.Greener in his book,"Modern Breech loaders",page 12,pictures the Westley Richards patent striker as seen on your gun.W.W.G.makes the following observation;"The striker is made in two pieces,working at different angles.The top striker receives the blow from a hammer like that of a pin cartridge,and communicates it to the bottom striker.There is no spring;the explosion of the cartridge forces it back.The weapon has very much the appearanceof a pin gun."
Stonehenge[J.H.Walsh] in his book,'British Rural Sports,"pages 35-37 pictures this gun and provides a review of its merits.
Nice aquisition I look forward to seeing your restoration of same.
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Tony. Roy Hebbes is an Englishman from way back who knows this sort of thing. I am placing my hard earned money with Roy. Pretty cool gun to say the least!! I love stuff like this! Buzz
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