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Hello. new member on this excellent site. my primary interest is in British made single shot firearms.
I have an interest in all single shot falling blocks or farquharson actions of British make especially those made by webley. I have been looking for the patents or designs online for the 1902 webley falling block action or any design information I can about these rifles. nothing can be found. where would I find the patents or working drawings for the webley or any other of the elegant British designs of falling blocks ?

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hello and welcome! I don't have the book near me now, but have you checked "British Single Shot Rifles Volume 6, Webley, Kynock and Eley" by Wal Winfer ? His books are a great reference for all British falling block rifles.
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Thanks for answering joe, no I don't have access to those books which I hear are very good but expensive. where can I buy them ?

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They happen to be my favorite type of rifle too. Although myself, I do not care for the Webely, My tastes run towards Gibbs, Henry, H&H and Westley. I agree with Joe, get Wal's great book on them. Working drawings(blueprint type) do not exist as far as I know. If you are planning on trying to build one, you would be best off reverse engineering one from an original. I have a large action Webely I am currently restoring for a client currently but do not have the time to draw it up for you. Best of luck on your project.


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Originally Posted By: SKB
They happen to be my favorite type of rifle too. Although myself, I do not care for the Webely, My tastes run towards Gibbs, Henry, H&H and Westley. I agree with Joe, get Wal's great book on them. Working drawings(blueprint type) do not exist as far as I know. If you are planning on trying to build one, you would be best off reverse engineering one from an original. I have a large action Webely I am currently restoring for a client currently but do not have the time to draw it up for you. Best of luck on your project.


Thanks skb. The westley Richards 1897 is another lovely design, I have an interest in webley as I own and shoot .22lr webley mk iv revolver regularly, to me they were always good value for money and very well made. I am open to any design though so if anyone has anything they'd be willing to share I would be interested. As for reverse engineering, if I got my hands on an original gibbs or h&h falling block action , 10 men wouldn't wrestle it back off me lol.

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Webley falling blocks seem to have the least bearing surface for the block of all the British falling blocks. In addition to Wal's books, I also highly recommend Jonathan Kirton's British Falling Blocks.

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Do the original working drawings never turn up from the old makers who have shut up shop ? someone told me on the assra site that the makers never had blueprints or working plans as such, but they must have had something.

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Kirton has patent drawings for the Model 1897 (#5388) on pages 266 and 367 and for the Model 1902 (#6365) on pages 268 and 368 - Second Edition.

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Thank you wjw. i am open to using any action design. The simpler the better.

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bonny, I don't know what you want to do (build from scratch?) But you might consider a Fraser
http://www.steveearleproducts.com/fraser.html


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