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Can you explain how that action works? It looks like a Martini from above, but then there is the hinge pin underneath and no sign of a swinging block on the side of the action.
May look similar to the Martini from above, but it is a true falling block. The hinge pin is the one of the underlever, which covers the whole underside of the action. The long falling block contains a coil spring + striker lock similar to the Martini lockwork. The underlever moves the breechblock straight up and down. Franz v. Dreyse's DRPatent 735 of 1877, see https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/de...1&xxxfull=1 , but adapted to an underlever about 1890.
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Re: Dreyse Double