I hope your gunsmith knows something about Dicksons - sadly that one is a bodgered up mess. There's all kinds of stuff in/on the action bar that shouldn't be there.
I have no idea what the screw stuck in the back left side of the action does.
I have fixed some messed up Dicksons in my time, but this one will take some saving.
The advice Steve was given to run from it was sound.
Mike,
I talked to J-P at Dickson’s. He looked at the records and said it’s an unusual action with a side locking bolt (see the screw on the left side). The side lever bolt has been removed. The side lever was there to manually move the locking bolt to prevent the hammers from falling. It also had cocking indicators on the top strap but they have been removed. The barrels aren’t fitted well. The original owner ordered 2 of these type RA guns in 1888.
Ken
