My apologies to Daryl who will have seen this gun before. It is a hammerless side lock with external cocking/de-cocking/indicator leavers.
It also has another interesting feature which is why I reproduce it here.
The safety catch operates in the opposite direction to the 'normal' way i.e. it is pulled back to ready it to fire.
For anyone reared on hammer guns the concept of pulling back the hammers to make your gun ready to fire would have made pulling the safety catch back on a hammerless gun the natural and sensible way forward.
Why the illogical opposite way was adopted is a mystery to me - but it was and this gun is the only one I know of - so another innovation passes away.
John
