help in the identification of a weapon.

help in the identification of a weapon.


Dear friends,


Can anyone helped identify this gun?

the caliber is a 280 nitro express.





















I want to restore and put in the field to hunt plain games

probably in a caliber more common and powerful

thanks

BETO

Beto,
that looks a lot like a Martini-Henry to me.
Same carbine the Boers in RSA used extensively against the British with the Boer-Wars way back then.

But i am almost sure i may be wrong - it just looks a lot similar - falling block and all.

It looks like a Farqueson (spelling?) falling block. Alexander Heny made single shots like this, but probably other makers in the 19th and early 20th Century did too. looks like a high quality gun. Are there any addresses on the barrel?

I did a little research and came up with a few pics.

The pic with the hammer is an Alexander Henry
One is a Wesley Richards and the one like yours is unmarked and maker unknown...so that doesn't help you any!

Your action looks thicker than this one but the three screws on the side plate of a Wesley Richards 1897 appear to be similiar.

The rifle appears to be a Farqueson varriant. There were many riflemakers making this style of rifle in the late 19th and early 20th century. There is currently a maker in Australia or New Zeland making a modern version of the Farqueson in stainless steel.

Tarawa,
The left 2 pics are indeed Farkys.The right 2 are 2 different Alex Henry Falling Blocks. Note that the hammers are on different sides of the action.

Beto,

I think you have a Westley Richards chambered for .300 sherwood with peep sights.

Monish