Gents,
I have been speaking to Simon Clode of Westley Richards in London, and I have sparked some exciting interest in the reintroduction of the Westley Richards Fauneta guns finally! Its been something I have been pushing for a while now. I am in the process of negotiating a deal for multiple guns with the firm as a result. There doing some testing and work up on the ammunition first, as they would like to offer the original LT bullet ammo again with the guns! The craftsmen are on board, all thats left is the CAD work and ammunition development which can take up to 24 months to get sorted out. In the meantime, if anyone should have interest in purchasing a new Fauneta in the future I encourage you to contact Simon ASAP to help get the project going. He would like to get 12 orders together. He has my commitment on several already.

His contact e-mail is: Simon Clode s.clode@westleyrichards.co.uk

Graeme Wright was there, during my visit with Simon on the telephone the last time we spoke, and Graeme is on board to do some writing on the project and so is Ross Seyfried from the DGJ. Ross owns two fauneta guns a lovely 28 bore best droplock and 20 bore.

Price range for the new offering in detachable lock design will be in the £40,000.00 region in standard engraved form.

In my view the Westley Richards Fauneta was a gun way ahead of its time, and served multiple purposes. It will be a tremendous offering from the firm to ad the weapon to its line up once again!

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Isn't 40 thousand British pounds something like 64 thousand dollars? Plus shipping, I presume.

That's excellent!

Good on you for pushing for this. Seeing guns like these brought back is woderfull. If for no other reason, the knowledge of them and how to build them is perpetuated.

Hi tom armbrust has regulated 5 faunetas with his ammo. we worked on 20 bullet designs and have a load that has worked in all guns that have not been messed with we acutuly have about 200 rounds loaded at this time. they are very accurate.

Awesome guns. I just love the tiger engraving...so rare in new guns now a days. So nostalgic of my Indian heritage!