What is the difference between the Anson and the Heeley?

Anson and Deely..Company name

A double rifle or shotgun action on which many older quality and some not so good doubles were made on. Everybody used them at one time or another.

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Ray Atkinson

ray@atkinsonhunting.com
atkinsonhunting.com

Ray,

What kinda of action are they? I was under the impression that there an Anson and a Heeley type. In other words they are two separate systems, which did the exact same thing.

Todd,

Here is a Hallowell page that shows an Anson & Deeley box lock action, with description...

http://www.hallowellco.com/boxlock.htm

-Steve

W. Anson and John Deeley were both employed by the Westley Richards company in Birmingham, England, in 1875 when they patented the vastly successful boxlock action for break-open guns. The action is elegant in its simplicity, having only three moving parts per barrel, the tumbler (hammer), sear and cocking lever.

When someone says "Company X uses an Anson & Deeley box lock action in their doubles", it means that they use an Anson & Deeley STYLE box lock action. Each company makes its own action. There are styles other than the Anson & Deeley style, although the A&D is known for reliability.