Hi all,

Out of curiosity I've been trying to work out the falling block arrangement on a Hagn and how it compares to a Farquharson in operation.

On a Farq the block mortise is angled roughly 2 degrees so as the lever is dropped the block is pulled away from the breech face. The front of the block is then relieved with a section that's perpendicular to the bore so the cartridge has a flat face to chamber against and maintain headspace. Does the Hagn operate in a similar way? The reason I ask is the Hagn has a round bushing in the block that is supposed to protrude 0.005" from the face of the block for the cartridge to seat against. So if this protrudes from the block, is the top half of the block relieved to allow for this. It just seems in pictures the block looks one continuous face (no relieved or angled sections) and that it seats up as far as it can against the front section of the block mortise when in battery.

Or is the Hagn block mortise actually vertical and not angled?

Hope any of that made sense!

Would anyone who owns a Hagn possibly shed some light on this for me?