Anyone know if these are avaliable? I'm looking for a good phone number or e-mail. Action Casting LLC, believe that"s who had them at one time?

This is also listed in the Single Shot Forum.Thanks!

Steve

This project began when a friend of mine, Leonard Bull an instructor at Trinidad State College, Gunsmithing Dept. disassembled an original Farquharson rifle and copied every part on a manual lathe and mill. He then had investment cast molds made for every part. Leonard and a colleague came here to Wichita Falls and had quite a few sets cast at a local foundry. They were cast in both 8620 and 4130 steel. Leonard then taught classes for a time and offered the parts as a kit.

Leonard has since passed away. I inquired about the where abouts of the molds two years ago while at Trinidad . I talked to Chuck Grace and Clayton Nelson and neither one knew the fate of the molds or parts. Leonard was from South Africa and England so it might be difficult to trace relatives.

Thanks Craftsman...I called the school today and talked to David Walker got a name and phone number but that number didn't work. Should have got one when I had the chance...even if it sat in the tool box a bit. Thanks, I'll keep looking!

Steve

Leonard Bull's colleague in the Farquharson kit project was Gordon Roberts. He had a cochlea ear implant and was still pretty deaf. He had a very small gun accessory business called "Smoke Enterprises LLC" or something like that. He was at Trinidad for only 1 or 2 years then left for who knows where. Maybe if you contacted the school records you might be able to trace something from there. I know for sure after the foundry was finished casting the molds were retrieved by Leonard and returned to Trinidad. He had the molds machined in South America I think. They cost him mega bucks but the machine work was extremely well done.

The kits were modeled after an original 1897 Westley action. In Len's vernacular all falling block rifles were referred to as Farquharsons. The mold and the casting was done in Thailand. If I was going to build one today I would just build it from bar stock using a CNC mill. Len ran night classes at TSJC at one point building actions from bar. Bunches of work no matter how you approach the project. The Westley is by far the best design to deal with modern pressures with its rebounding hammer and firing pin.

Steve Bertram

Gordan Robertson was the name I got from the school there last week. A phone # and e-mail address keeps getting kicked back...I got a lead of Dragon Works but that hasn't panned out either. IF someone had one in a junk drawer drawing dust I would be interested!

Rodney Storie, I believe, made some 1895 Farquharson kits, at one time The Rifle Shoppe was interested in having these available. Recent conversation with them is no, they don't know how to get ahold of Rodney.

Rodney can be found over on the ASSRA site.

Thank You