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A facebook post by Paulo Santos shows a Purdey with what seems to be a hand detachable lock. The lever is replacing the fron retaining pin on the PUrdey lock. From what I can see any attempt to turn the lever would make it bump into the fence.

Anyone know anything about hand detachable Purdey locks?

There was one a few months ago on GI. It was a pigeon gun. May still be listed.

Here you go,

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...ls-cased-built-1964.cfm?gun_id=103670524

My guess is that the pin is not threaded, but rather shaped like a mauser bolt on the small end, a 90 degree turn and the pin comes out and you can remove the locks.

Thank you both for the info.

This hand detachability lark has its humorous side. The usual explanation is that of the dearth of capable gunsmiths in the far flung corners of the British empire. Therefore they made the locks easily removable for inspection and service.

The local gunsmiths were not to be trusted with unscrewing one or two lock pins for lock removal. Considering that no such provision for quick detachability is made for other bits, like triggers, ribs, stocks, I assume that the gunmakers implied that the locals could be trusted with these parts. There is a dose of British humour there, perceptible to those of us who went through the British education system.

I would think it was a "gimmick" that H&H came up with. Back in the day all gunmakers were chasing the same dollar so they had to come up with new ideas and new gimmicks to get customers in to the store.

It rains a lot there. People shoot out in absolute monsoons. And of course the foreshore is brackish.
Guaranteed rust if you can’t get warm dry air into the locks.

Not necessarily the owner doing the drying of course.

On the GI gun the letter states "Action with third grip and side clips." I see neither in the pictures?

Dave is right. I ain't a pigeon gun. It doesn't have a third grip or side clips. How could that be? The letter disagrees with the gun.

Purdey in their letter states it's a Trap gun. At the weight of over eight pounds I would agree. Remember Purdey like all "Best" gunmakers built guns to the customer's specification.