Surely no Scotsman would put his front sight on "bass ackwards" like a Westley Richards!

This is most certainly a post-Alex Martin purchase of Fraser. Several of these Fraser's seem to have surfaced recently. I've never seen a pre-Alex Martin Fraser magazine rifle built on anything other than a 93 Mauser (except for Dutch Mannlichers and Mannlicher Schoenauers). Also, all of the take-downs I have examined made use of the Deeley latch, a separate forend, and a set screw on the left side of the front receiver ring to disassemble the barrel. I've included my picture of a Holland & Holland magazine rifle disassembled that better shows the mechanism that Huvius describes.

There's really no practical reason for the Fraser/Henry style forend. It was just a house style that differentiated Henry's rifles from a sea of others (and later those of Fraser's). I absolutely love it though!

Still, for the money it's a cool rifle. I certainly wouldn't build a Fraser take-down for a customer for anything in the same ballpark!