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The Farquharson Rifle is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed and patented by John Farquharson (1833-1893), [1] of Daldhu, Scotland in 1872. George Gibbs , a gun maker in Bristol , became a co-owner of the Farquharson patent in 1875 and was the sole maker of Farquharson rifles until the patent expired.
With a DA revolver, the hammer can be cocked first (single action), or the trigger can be pulled and it will cock and release the hammer (double action). [1] Once the gun has fired, the hammer stays in the decocked position until the hammer is re-cocked (single action), or the trigger is pulled again (double action).
The short action rifle usually can accommodate a cartridge length of 2.8 in (71 mm) or smaller. The long action rifle can accommodate a cartridge of 3.34 in (85 mm), and the magnum action rifle can accommodate cartridges of 3.6 in (91 mm). [2]
A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...
He then sought sources of surplus rifles that he could sell for a profit. [1] With his brother-in-law, Manny Weigensberg, Sucher made contacts in foreign countries for the importation of military surplus rifles and handguns and by the 1970s, Century became the single largest importer of firearms in the United States and Canada. [2] [3]
Single-shot bolt-action rifles (32 P) Pages in category "Single-shot rifles" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Retaining the double action, single shot, screw-barrel design of the tube-hammer, the Model 9 was a success and was produced well into the Allen and Wheelock era. Though made possibly as early as 1837–1838, the bar hammer was eventually marked with an 1845 patent date.
Chapuis has been a family-owned gunmaking business since the early years of the 20th century. They specialize in side by side and over under hunting shotguns, mostly for upland game, and in big game rifles (over under and side by side double rifles, as well as break-open single shots and straight-pull bolt actions). [2]