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boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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anyone knowing this action? loock like a boxlock gun with a little bit sidelock too
its a british made 12/65 before 1890 , number two of a pair
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kuduae
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11/01/15 12:05 AM
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Re: boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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A sideplated boxlock (Kastenschloss mit blinden Seitenplatten). Boothroyd, "Sidelocks and Boxlocks", shows such a gun by Charles Hellis & Sons, Birmingham. Quote: "Such plates are sometimes encountered. They do not have anything to do with the mechanism but are there as decoration."
On this A&D by Westley-Richards they may have been added later to reinforce a split stock repair.
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Re: boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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no beauty queen for sure
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Norman4
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26/01/15 12:28 AM
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Re: boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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no beauty queen for sure
Strange set-up. Usually side plates are added to box locks for the reason of embellishment. I would have to agree that in this case, if that was their intention, they failed.  Norman4
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Re: boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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A Westley Richard's action. I think the sideplates are to stop the stock from spreading apart. That stock has been severely oversanded.
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kuduae
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30/01/15 07:18 AM
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Re: boxlock - sidelock crossbreed?
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A Westley Richard's action. I think the sideplates are to stop the stock from spreading apart. That stock has been severely oversanded.
I agree and posted it before.
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