Steve Burley done a magnificent job on that masterpiece. Love falling blocks. As others have referenced the STURM RUGER Number 1 .... Falling block rifles seem to be the most accurate. I have a Number 1 Varmint in .220 Swift. If the wind ain't blowing ... groundhogs are dead out to 350+ yards.
I expected a lever and not like a regular level action (well not like I didn't see the trigger wasn't anything special) but I didn't expect it to be the way it is either.
Can we talk about how _smooth_ that action engages? He makes it look like it takes no pressure at all to operate once you manipulate the knob correctly.
@@jameson32 I thought falling block, but then when, "Noo, those were reasonably common." But not like that, looks more like a music box than a piece of anti-Fauna Artillery.
Im 60 years old, and that is one of the top 10 most beautiful firearms i have EVER seen. What a magnificent work of art from a group of obvious masters in their craft. Thank you for showing us this rare and delightful firearm. Bob. Australia.
@Kitt7.62x39 A pair of single action colts in .44 Russian with 4 inch barrels, half moon grips of ivory, deep relief engraved, with fine gold inlay, made for a Pinkerton detective to be worn in a twin leather shoulder holster. Also, about 2 years ago, I saw a "rotary" ( not revolving) action rifle that was not only extremely unique but beautifully finished. My favourite is my pre 64 Model 70 Winchester in .308 Win because it is always under MOA and has beautiful wood and unblemished bluing, and it's been my favourite rifle since I have owned it, the only things that has ever changed on it is the scopes and the mounts, as I've been able to afford to upgrade the glass as I have grown older with it. If I wasn't getting cremated, I would take it with me. (Joking, I will pass it to someone who will "almost" treasure it as much as I do). I saw a model 16 double barrell Winchester 12 gauge with full deep relief and inlay that is in my top ten also. There are a few more, but I honestly can't be bothered explaining all the models and details. Sorry mate, but I'm also getting lazy as well as grumpy in my older years. Be safe, well, free, armed, and blessed, mate. EDIT: I spelled detective incorrectly, so I fixed it, I think. I also added (not revolving) to the "rotary action" comment. Bob. Australia.
The good thing about falling breech is that they don't need precision in all faces. I often though that an upgraded sharp could have a lever on the side I steady if trigger guard
Falling blocks are absolute tanks. Great mechanism for high powered cartridges. Not as relevant now with better metallurgy, but in the 1800's that was a top choice if you needed big boom.
Still effectively the method used for artillery which says enough I’m slightly surprised someone didn’t pitch a design like this for a rifle to the army instead of standard lever action rifles even of the falling block type That lever position is so useful allows firing from prone and over breastworks or from trenches so much easier
Beautiful gun, I've hunted whitetails for the last 20 years with my Ruger no.1A in 30-06. I love the breech loaders but have never seen that action before. A true piece of art.
My dad gave me his 7mm Mauser when I turned 16, and I've been using it ever since. It's got a little more brass than a 3030. Definitely does the trick. Although getting rounds for it is absolutely not as easy as a 3030.
@@bradley7394 Yeah ha I can't even hunt deer with a rifle in my Red state. Hogs I can. For deer it's only shotgun or bow. Game warden finds a deer with a rifle wound, somebody is in trouble! Never felt like I need a rifle regardless. 12g works fine!
Now THAT'S fancy! Ron never disappoints! Talk about a dialectic! It's interesting to consider how this, and all of the other designs that can be found on the interwebz, et al., and all of the problems they respectively addressed, eventually led to the predominant systems we have today! Keep up the excellent work, Ron!
I've fired falling block rifles before, but they were all black powder replicas like Sharps. I've never seen one that fires cartridge ammo. That thing is a gorgeous work of art, too! The wood and metal work are exquisite.
The falling block is a gorgeous design tbh this version basically eliminates most of the issues with all falling block style rifle the lever position allows you to fire from the prone (a big reason behind the adoption of bolt action you don’t have to drop the rifle to reload the round is unlikely to jam as it should naturally fall out Tbh this rifle is probably for a non magazine firing rifle the best design I can think of and then you have how beautiful it is like the craftsmanship is something else I don’t think I’ve seen a rifle this gorgeous anywhere
I know synthetic stocks have a purpose, but I just can't bring myself to appreciate them like a beautiful wood stock. I don't spend a lot of time fording rivers, so I'll take a beautiful walnut stock any day.
You can even clean the bore from the rear, wonderful. Falling block rifles are interesting. I surely wish that i still had my Mannlichee-Schoenauer carbone ages ago.
The Garcia Bronco has one of the coolest actions i've seen. its kind of like a side swing, but instead of pivoting to open in a L shape, the action pivots open like a revolver does. its essentially a revolver with a single chamber cylinder and the barrel is fixed to the chamber. as far as i know, no one else has ever used this kind of action
I gave my bro a chunk of coco bolo to use and he made me a shaver/ razor from it and the remainder to make custom pens . Absolutely clean and solid wood ...
@@timross1159my dad used to be a guide for goose season in illinois. One day a hunter came to the club and talked about making his own goose calls from coco bolo. My dad bought one or two. Its got a crisp sound but it also takes a good set of lungs to blow it. Ask me how i know. Lol
O that's classy! Beautiful rifle! Hopefully you got it in something deserving of that elegance; .300 H&H, .275 Rigby, .303 Brit...something like that. Gorgeous. Like a 18 year aged Glenfiddich single-malt Scotch.
Saw one like this in an old civil war game. That rifle is a thing of craftsmanship. So simple and elegant yet still has a safety on a part that is very small. Still works after all these years.
yup 👍 you were right Ron …. ive never seen a side lever falling block rifle , much less ever fired one …. safe to say ..Ron has a infatuation with fancy pants single shot rifles and we love seeing them …👍
The “Scots”, we’re the Original “Gille Suit”, snipers going back to WW I using the .303 British! I’m 3/8th Scottish & my families castle is still standing; Robertson Castle!
Im finnally getting to the point in my firearm journey that i can start looking at guns for more than their tactical uses. I think its good to buy a pistol, then AR, then hunting rifle, then shotgun and once those bases are covered its time to buy and shoot what you enjoy. I do enjoy single shot rifles and revolvers/1911s. So im going to be looking at those more and more. I can only imagine what a piece of art like that goes for but that really is a piece of art that you can shoot. Very cool.
I’m at a similar point in my firearm journey (although I went shotgun, bolt action, AR and then pistol). I’m way less into the tactical stuff now than I was 5 years ago. The last 3 guns I bought have wood stocks. Would love to get into some cooler designs too
@@cjglenn5861 If a single-shot rifle interests you, check out Ruger No. 1 rifles. Also the T/C Encore rifles can have the barrels swapped out in minutes from rifle to shotgun to muzzleloader. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.
@@cjglenn5861one fun and cheap way to get into real old school designs is to get into black powder. It is super fun to shoot and you can adjust the recoil by adjusting powder charge. You can’t get an 1858 or 1860 from Traditions/Pietta replicas for like $300 more or less. But modern revolvers are sweet, too.
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh, Joey. I'm certainly a fudd, BUT I would do almost anything to own a quality AR platform because I live in the over governed and over policed country of Australia and the government decided in 1989 that in my state, VICTORIA, semi-auto centrefires were made illegal. That was bad enough, but in 1996, the Australian federal government @$$h0[e$, decided that ALL semi-autos, including .22 rimfires, semi-auto shotguns, pump action shotguns, and now even a certain model lever action shotgun are all illegal. Pure and utter socialist dictators and gangsters. They didn't even allow us the right to vote by referendum. They just decided. That was when I knew that the government was the most corrupt, evil, anti democratic gang of socialist dictators and criminals in the once free and "lucky country" of Australia. I was 32 years old, and they almost ruined my life. They definitely ruined my faith in my country and removed the last of the little trust I had in our so-called free and democratic country. Sorry about my rant, but I'm still furious, stunned, ashamed of those who didn't protest with us who fought in every way possible, (except violence) and affected by that sad, sad day in Australian history. Please fight with everything you can to keep your 2nd amendment, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. Actually, fight with everything you must, to keep ALL your constitutional rights and every amendment. Be safe, well, free, armed, and blessed, mate. Bob. Australia.
Dang, now that is unusual! Elegant, though, and very beautifully engraved. Kudos on hiding the action until the big reveal, made it all the more impactful.
I have seen a falling block action, many years ago when I was getting trained to set up and run ranges at summer camps. It was a national school, people from all over the country were there. The instructors had one.
I shot one of those once when I worked for my Grandpa who was a gunsmith. I don't remember the caliber, but it was big. He did some work on it, and then I went down to test fire it. Really liked it. Is the only time I have ever seen that type of action.
I love finding stuff like this, its rare to find truly innovative firearm designs these days. Sure this has an element of novelty but in a market flooded by fudd memes and bad jokes its nice to see a case of "i KnOw WuT eYe GaWt" actually amount to something
Amazing action! I am a big fan of rolling block loading rifles. Too bad it's pretty hard to come by one here in Europe. Thank you for the very cool video!
This looks like the kind of system used in modern tanks and artillery guns. Surprised that no other guns use it, it seems like a solid system for a single-shot rifle
We don't use these anymore because it's very impractical to give them a magazine feed compared to bolt-action similar to lever-actions falling out of favor because you can't stay on target and run the action while prone or in a fighting position. It's a fine gun and LIGHTER for a single shot hunting or target rifle.
Sweet action. It would probably be a fairly quick action (and not any harder to engineer) if the lever cycled in the opposite direction, up to open, down to close.
Side lever actions were pretty common in the late 19th Century in Britain, even many of the civilian versions of the Martini action had a side lever instead of the under lever of the military Martini-Henry. A Soper rifle would be my dream breech loading gun, but they're super rare to even find for sale.
Has a Daniel Fraser .275 built on a 1903 Mannlicher action. The most beautiful rifle I have seen and the walnut was incredible, too nice to take on the hill...now owned by John Dixon and son
Muscle memory had him reaching for the bolt at the end
nice you saw that too
I would’ve been going for the
Bolt Action as well…
Man was looking for three bolt
Ha, you can also see it when he loads the cartridge
Very much a lifelong shooter and hunter!
Twice.
That stance at the end looks like something off the cover of an old Sports Afield magazine
Looks like a rifle built by Steve Dod Huges
😂yes Jessie James magnum rifle styel
I read Sports Afield religiously in the 80's. Thanks for the memory.
Sports Afield is why I hunt now. Went from reading the stories to figuring out how to get out there
Steve Burley done a magnificent job on that masterpiece. Love falling blocks. As others have referenced the STURM RUGER Number 1 .... Falling block rifles seem to be the most accurate. I have a Number 1 Varmint in .220 Swift. If the wind ain't blowing ... groundhogs are dead out to 350+ yards.
You can tell he went to go clear it like it was a bolt action at the end haha
I was about to make the same comment but saw you beat me to it lol
Ditto, good shit
Came here for the same comment
Here for this exact comment
Muscle memory is certainly a thing.
“Yeah right old man. Just show me the rif…. Okay, I guess you were right”
😂😂😂
I expected a lever and not like a regular level action (well not like I didn't see the trigger wasn't anything special) but I didn't expect it to be the way it is either.
Looks like a falling block you make when you're trying to avoid patent infringement on a half dozen other falling block designs.
Probably why it was so rare. I'd buy the heck out of that though. But I'd bet there's some glaring mechanical issues with it.
Most of the oddball actions in the 1800's was to avoid patents.
I think I predates a lot of them.
It is very nicely done, but it looks like it is just a modified Ruger No. 1.
*cough Remington Hepburn cough*
His muscle memory of grabbing at the bolt arm is just proof of how unique this rifle is
Glad you caught this too
This I why I love the comments
I totally missed it
I noticed how smooth he worked the action and indeed it's unique, not like a bolt action or any other style
@@gutshot300magMe too
Can we talk about how _smooth_ that action engages? He makes it look like it takes no pressure at all to operate once you manipulate the knob correctly.
The knob is indeed quite easy to manipulate.
I love operating a smooth knob.
I need my knob manipulated correctly
Thats what she said
“Manipulate the knob correctly” aye yo my brother pause wtf
I adore mid 1800s- early 1900s firearm design. Just the embodiment of "try everything and see what works"
As soon as I heard, “I’ll bet you’ve never seen one,” I immediately thought, “what kind of falling block is it going to be” 😂
I didn't :p
@@jameson32 I thought falling block, but then when, "Noo, those were reasonably common." But not like that, looks more like a music box than a piece of anti-Fauna Artillery.
Rolling blocks and drop blocks are the real sportsman's rifle. Beautiful firearm.
Black powder and muzzle loading is for true sportsmen.
Rocks. Throwing rocks, now that is how a man does.
Im 60 years old, and that is one of the top 10 most beautiful firearms i have EVER seen.
What a magnificent work of art from a group of obvious masters in their craft.
Thank you for showing us this rare and delightful firearm.
Bob. Australia.
Whats the fanciest?
🤷♂️🧐
... I'm a boomer and this is why this post is about me
@Kitt7.62x39
A pair of single action colts in .44 Russian with 4 inch barrels, half moon grips of ivory, deep relief engraved, with fine gold inlay, made for a Pinkerton detective to be worn in a twin leather shoulder holster.
Also, about 2 years ago, I saw a "rotary" ( not revolving) action rifle that was not only extremely unique but beautifully finished.
My favourite is my pre 64 Model 70 Winchester in .308 Win because it is always under MOA and has beautiful wood and unblemished bluing, and it's been my favourite rifle since I have owned it, the only things that has ever changed on it is the scopes and the mounts, as I've been able to afford to upgrade the glass as I have grown older with it.
If I wasn't getting cremated, I would take it with me. (Joking, I will pass it to someone who will "almost" treasure it as much as I do).
I saw a model 16 double barrell Winchester 12 gauge with full deep relief and inlay that is in my top ten also.
There are a few more, but I honestly can't be bothered explaining all the models and details.
Sorry mate, but I'm also getting lazy as well as grumpy in my older years.
Be safe, well, free, armed, and blessed, mate.
EDIT: I spelled detective incorrectly, so I fixed it, I think. I also added (not revolving) to the "rotary action" comment.
Bob. Australia.
@1989ahi
I'm a fudd, and I love old wood and steel firearms.
Be safe and well old, mate.
Bob. Australia.
The craftsmanship alone on the action alone is absolutely breathtaking.
I hope people can appreciate what they are looking at.
My goodness, the detail on that action is beautiful, to say the least
..and at the same time, it's a simple, elegant mechanism.
The good thing about falling breech is that they don't need precision in all faces.
I often though that an upgraded sharp could have a lever on the side I steady if trigger guard
Only the ones who actually watched.❤
People don't appreciate beauty anymore.
450 nitro express, neck down to 300. From his main video he talks on it and it’s Performance.
Good grief 😅 This high pressure wildcats are getting crazy !
Thanks, I was wondering about the caliber.
Sharps rifle
How much powder does it use
A LOT@@hunterbarrett5182
The action mechinism alone is a freaking work of art. You dont need to like firearms to appriciate something that beautifully crafted.
Falling blocks are absolute tanks. Great mechanism for high powered cartridges. Not as relevant now with better metallurgy, but in the 1800's that was a top choice if you needed big boom.
Still effectively the method used for artillery which says enough
I’m slightly surprised someone didn’t pitch a design like this for a rifle to the army instead of standard lever action rifles even of the falling block type
That lever position is so useful allows firing from prone and over breastworks or from trenches so much easier
Beautiful gun, I've hunted whitetails for the last 20 years with my Ruger no.1A in 30-06. I love the breech loaders but have never seen that action before. A true piece of art.
My dad gave me his 7mm Mauser when I turned 16, and I've been using it ever since. It's got a little more brass than a 3030. Definitely does the trick. Although getting rounds for it is absolutely not as easy as a 3030.
A 30-06 for whitetail? Seems a bit much
@@bradley7394 pretty standard round for whitetail hunting where I'm from.
@@bradley7394 Yeah ha I can't even hunt deer with a rifle in my Red state. Hogs I can. For deer it's only shotgun or bow.
Game warden finds a deer with a rifle wound, somebody is in trouble!
Never felt like I need a rifle regardless. 12g works fine!
What state do you live in thats shotgun only? Bare in mind when i ask this, i am ignorant to most hunting laws in most states. @SirTorcharite
Now THAT'S fancy! Ron never disappoints!
Talk about a dialectic! It's interesting to consider how this, and all of the other designs that can be found on the interwebz, et al., and all of the problems they respectively addressed, eventually led to the predominant systems we have today!
Keep up the excellent work, Ron!
Beautiful work of art!❤❤❤❤❤
That's such a gorgeous weapon. The wood grain, the engravings, attention to detail. Masterpiece.
Man, this looks cool. I love seeing all the experimentation with firearm design that was going on in the late 19th and early 20th century.
A beautiful, powerful, and dangerous rifle. Daniel was truly creative, turning iron into a masterpiece
You are 100% correct Ron, I have never fired one. Beautiful rifle.
Ich schon 2 mal nicht. Hier in Deutschland kanns schon problematisch werden, ein Küchenmesser zu besitzen. 😮
Looks like he hasn’t until just then either lol
It's a shame that Germany faces similar problematic political situations as America. Stay strong my brother. @@alfigel7853
Thanks for showing us that.
Beautiful workmanship.
I've fired falling block rifles before, but they were all black powder replicas like Sharps. I've never seen one that fires cartridge ammo. That thing is a gorgeous work of art, too! The wood and metal work are exquisite.
I have a falling block lever action 22lr
The boy have never looked at Ruger rifles. They made them from the mid 60s until about a decade ago.
The falling block is a gorgeous design tbh this version basically eliminates most of the issues with all falling block style rifle the lever position allows you to fire from the prone (a big reason behind the adoption of bolt action you don’t have to drop the rifle to reload the round is unlikely to jam as it should naturally fall out
Tbh this rifle is probably for a non magazine firing rifle the best design I can think of and then you have how beautiful it is like the craftsmanship is something else I don’t think I’ve seen a rifle this gorgeous anywhere
Look up Remington Hepburn
Very cool for the collector aspect. But functionality wise I can clearly see why it never beat out the Henry or Winchester lever action or bolt action
That is absolutely beautiful. What a piece of unbelievable craftsmanship! Thank you....
A relic from a completely different world. What a beauty. ❤
I've seen plenty of falling block firearms even fired a few, but I've never seen or touched one like that
That's a beautiful weapon
doubt it
@@CryAboutItLoser419shut it Kamala voter
@matthewsimpson5621 If anyone here is the Kamala voter, it's the dude white knighting for another man
The genius to pull off so many intricate moving parts flawlessly is to be admired as much as the unit itself
That’s a beauty
That is a gorgeous rifle. Looked smooth as butter.
That muscle memory...
Beautiful rifle, elegance at it's Finest. 👍🏻😎
Ah the craftsmanship speaks for itself, and I love the wood stock, classy.
I know synthetic stocks have a purpose, but I just can't bring myself to appreciate them like a beautiful wood stock. I don't spend a lot of time fording rivers, so I'll take a beautiful walnut stock any day.
Steve Earle does extremely high quality work. You get what you pay for.
You can even clean the bore from the rear, wonderful. Falling block rifles are interesting. I surely wish that i still had my Mannlichee-Schoenauer carbone ages ago.
You can clean the bore from most rifles after you've removed the bolt... sooooooooo.... 🤷
This and Mythbusters was my childhood.
Thank you David and mike for making life better for 1 hr out of the week
The Garcia Bronco has one of the coolest actions i've seen. its kind of like a side swing, but instead of pivoting to open in a L shape, the action pivots open like a revolver does. its essentially a revolver with a single chamber cylinder and the barrel is fixed to the chamber. as far as i know, no one else has ever used this kind of action
Not only a nicely working rifle, but it's beautiful as well. Thanks for sharing!
Can I get it in a five. 56 please
@@stevemendez3535 1800s... 5.56... yeah nah i don't think so.
What an exquisite rifle. The stock looks like the prettiest coco-bolo wood I've ever seen!
I gave my bro a chunk of coco bolo to use and he made me a shaver/ razor from it and the remainder to make custom pens . Absolutely clean and solid wood ...
@@timross1159my dad used to be a guide for goose season in illinois. One day a hunter came to the club and talked about making his own goose calls from coco bolo. My dad bought one or two. Its got a crisp sound but it also takes a good set of lungs to blow it. Ask me how i know. Lol
O that's classy! Beautiful rifle! Hopefully you got it in something deserving of that elegance; .300 H&H, .275 Rigby, .303 Brit...something like that. Gorgeous. Like a 18 year aged Glenfiddich single-malt Scotch.
Saw one like this in an old civil war game. That rifle is a thing of craftsmanship. So simple and elegant yet still has a safety on a part that is very small. Still works after all these years.
THE MAN KNOWS GUNS AND HOW TO SHOOT WAY TO GO BROTHER AMERICAN
yup 👍 you were right Ron …. ive never seen a side lever falling block rifle , much less ever fired one …. safe to say ..Ron has a infatuation with fancy pants single shot rifles and we love seeing them …👍
Thats a thing of beauty ❤ the Scottish had many great inventors and engineers, they helped to create modernity.
The “Scots”, we’re the Original “Gille Suit”, snipers going back to WW I using the .303 British! I’m 3/8th Scottish & my families castle is still standing; Robertson Castle!
We Scots also invented the percussion cap, which revolutionised firearms globally.
@DaibhidhBhoAlba are you kidding? That's what led to all currently produced cartridges!
Let’s not forget Alexander Graham Bell was a Scotsman!! 🇺🇸🏴🇺🇸🏴
Alexander Henry
Im finnally getting to the point in my firearm journey that i can start looking at guns for more than their tactical uses. I think its good to buy a pistol, then AR, then hunting rifle, then shotgun and once those bases are covered its time to buy and shoot what you enjoy. I do enjoy single shot rifles and revolvers/1911s. So im going to be looking at those more and more. I can only imagine what a piece of art like that goes for but that really is a piece of art that you can shoot. Very cool.
I’m at a similar point in my firearm journey (although I went shotgun, bolt action, AR and then pistol). I’m way less into the tactical stuff now than I was 5 years ago. The last 3 guns I bought have wood stocks. Would love to get into some cooler designs too
@@cjglenn5861 If a single-shot rifle interests you, check out Ruger No. 1 rifles. Also the T/C Encore rifles can have the barrels swapped out in minutes from rifle to shotgun to muzzleloader. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.
@@cjglenn5861one fun and cheap way to get into real old school designs is to get into black powder. It is super fun to shoot and you can adjust the recoil by adjusting powder charge. You can’t get an 1858 or 1860 from Traditions/Pietta replicas for like $300 more or less. But modern revolvers are sweet, too.
Thats so cool. Pkease keep bringing guns like these. The inavation of these guns over time is actually impressive and cool
As a Scottish person. I am proud that one of my people developed such an elegant firearm.
I was ready to be like “I bet I have”… nope. I have not seen or shot that. Very cool.
Fantastic rifle made in Scotland 🏴
*invented, sounds like this action was made in Utah, US.
He already said it was made by a gunsmith in Utah... But designed by a Scotsman
Fudds will go to great lengths to avoid just buying an AR.
Kidding. That rifle is freaking beautiful
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh, Joey. I'm certainly a fudd, BUT I would do almost anything to own a quality AR platform because I live in the over governed and over policed country of Australia and the government decided in 1989 that in my state, VICTORIA, semi-auto centrefires were made illegal.
That was bad enough, but in 1996, the Australian federal government @$$h0[e$, decided that ALL semi-autos, including .22 rimfires, semi-auto shotguns, pump action shotguns, and now even a certain model lever action shotgun are all illegal.
Pure and utter socialist dictators and gangsters.
They didn't even allow us the right to vote by referendum. They just decided.
That was when I knew that the government was the most corrupt, evil, anti democratic gang of socialist dictators and criminals in the once free and "lucky country" of Australia.
I was 32 years old, and they almost ruined my life. They definitely ruined my faith in my country and removed the last of the little trust I had in our so-called free and democratic country.
Sorry about my rant, but I'm still furious, stunned, ashamed of those who didn't protest with us who fought in every way possible, (except violence) and affected by that sad, sad day in Australian history.
Please fight with everything you can to keep your 2nd amendment, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Actually, fight with everything you must, to keep ALL your constitutional rights and every amendment.
Be safe, well, free, armed, and blessed, mate.
Bob. Australia.
Why do I hear manic laughter coming from Kentucky now? 😆
Beautiful rifle
Dang, now that is unusual! Elegant, though, and very beautifully engraved.
Kudos on hiding the action until the big reveal, made it all the more impactful.
Looks like she got some horse power or atleast kicks like a horse 🐎 lol
The engraving is very well done. Beautiful rifle.
What is that chambered in
it looks like a .270 or something bigger I'm not sure.
@ def not a 270
@@94s75 I have no clue then sorry.
@@94s75I checked just then on his youtube channel and it's chamberd in 450-300 ... a caliber I've never herd of.
It’s a 450 nitro express, neck down to 30 cal bullet.
Very unique.
That is one beautiful rifle. I love the engraving it goes really well with the sweet looking wood grain.
Thank you for keeping firearm history alive
Love it sir!!!
I have seen a falling block action, many years ago when I was getting trained to set up and run ranges at summer camps. It was a national school, people from all over the country were there. The instructors had one.
It’s a lovely rifle!..love those falling blocks!..
its crazy how precise guns were crafted even during that time period
That’s a beautiful rifle, the craftsmanship and hand fitted parts.
Absolutely beautiful now that's a Gun!
That is a beautiful firearm, the furnishings look amazing *Chefs kiss
Absolutely gorgeous engravings, that super smooth action...
Mom, I think I'm in love.
Beautiful.
Beautiful ingenuity &
Beautiful craftsmanship.
#2A
#SecondAmendment
I shot one of those once when I worked for my Grandpa who was a gunsmith. I don't remember the caliber, but it was big. He did some work on it, and then I went down to test fire it. Really liked it. Is the only time I have ever seen that type of action.
The way that falling block ejects the spent shell is so smooth, it drops straight down wherever you have the stock pointed.
First time here. He seems like that one grandfather you love to sit by and hear hunting stories of.
That's a beautiful rifle, and that tank round you put in was gorgeous!
That is actually pretty cool and useful.
That is one pretty sniper rifle, even though it's a simple falling block rifle, It's very well-made and maintained by the looks of it- ^^
I haven't seen that action before. I find it ofc unique, and handsome. Tysm for showing us!
I love finding stuff like this, its rare to find truly innovative firearm designs these days. Sure this has an element of novelty but in a market flooded by fudd memes and bad jokes its nice to see a case of "i KnOw WuT eYe GaWt" actually amount to something
The rifle looks like a beautiful piece of art.
Anybody that watches Kentucky Ballistics has seen this action. His 4 bore is falling block. Love that action for sure!
That design work on the metal around the lever is exquisite
Dude has some of the most beautiful rifles.
Gorgeous engravings, and the knob/lever styling is very distinct
Amazing action! I am a big fan of rolling block loading rifles. Too bad it's pretty hard to come by one here in Europe. Thank you for the very cool video!
Holy shit that craftsmanship is beautiful. I wonder what a piece like that would run a man
That’s an impressive wasteline you have there Sir👍
It's a cool rifle, but man having that scope right there sticking so far out past the breach makes it look like a bother to reload over and over.
Very cool mecanism !
but what's this caliber ? 76mm APCR ?
Only ever laid eyes on two of them. Guy that shoot local matches has two in some wildcat rounds. Very cool looking and well shooting rifles.
This looks like the kind of system used in modern tanks and artillery guns. Surprised that no other guns use it, it seems like a solid system for a single-shot rifle
What a stunning weapon the details also stunning.
Mr. Spomer, you are the coolest flannel wearing dude I’ve ever seen!
This riffle is sick! Got to be one of the most bad Ass Riffles out there, personally I think so for SURE!
Beautiful rifle. Love those falling blocks. Not practical as a Pa. Deer hunter but I love the looks of them.
That's pretty cool. Even down to the knob you have to push in to release the falling block action. That's pretty cool
Beautiful rifle! I love seeing unique firearms!
That rifles a work of art. Pretty awesome!!
We don't use these anymore because it's very impractical to give them a magazine feed compared to bolt-action similar to lever-actions falling out of favor because you can't stay on target and run the action while prone or in a fighting position. It's a fine gun and LIGHTER for a single shot hunting or target rifle.
Never seen or fired, but now want both! Amazing craftsmanship!
That looks like a fairly simple action. Probably the most simple I’ve ever seen aside from a break open.
Sweet action. It would probably be a fairly quick action (and not any harder to engineer) if the lever cycled in the opposite direction, up to open, down to close.
Sweet rifle! It should go into production.
Side lever actions were pretty common in the late 19th Century in Britain, even many of the civilian versions of the Martini action had a side lever instead of the under lever of the military Martini-Henry.
A Soper rifle would be my dream breech loading gun, but they're super rare to even find for sale.
Has a Daniel Fraser .275 built on a 1903 Mannlicher action. The most beautiful rifle I have seen and the walnut was incredible, too nice to take on the hill...now owned by John Dixon and son
I almost thought he was gonna fall back with that shot, well done sir
You are correct. I've seen thosw, but never had the opportunity to shoot one! That's not just a tool. That right there is a piece of art
He says, "Put in a round," and then pulls out an artillery shell... good lord that is indeed a round.