Hello Bob,
An original WR Deely and Edge action would probably cost an arm and two legs these days. In comparrison with American single shot rifles, very few of these British made actions were built.
Some years ago Rodney Storie produced a line of action kits made of castings in the US. Apparently these were good quality, but required a fair bit of machining to make them into a finished item. He listed a D&E 1883 action at US$ 300.00. No machine drawings were listed for this item.
It may be that some people have one stashed away, (waiting for that proverbial rainy day), that they may want to dispose of. (Rodney Storie no longer makes any rifle action castings as of a couple of years ago).
It may be worth advertising in several 'Internet Gun Forums' to see if anyone has one of these kits for sale.
The only alternative is to copy and enlarge drawings from De Haas's Single Shot Rifles and Actions book or Wal Winfers book on Westley Richards Single Shot Rifle Actions, and perhaps copies of 'Patent' drawings. Then built the action starting with bars of steel and machining away all the bits that don't look like a part of a D&E action. lol.
I have never been able to obtain machine drawings for any of the British made SS actions from any British Gun Maker, and I started trying to obtain those over half a century ago.
(There's a niche market for someone who wants to make some spare cash by producing by 'back engineering' drawings of many of the old actions).
Best wishes,
Harry
Last edited by Harry Eales; 07/09/10 03:16 AM.
