This looks like a Whitney New System action. It is shown in the Frank de Haas book Single Shot Rifles and Actions page 163.
This looks like a Whitney New System action. It is shown in the Frank de Haas book Single Shot Rifles and Actions page 163.
Nope. NOt a Whitney New System. That action had pins with the tab on them that swung under the center retaining screw. Unlike Remingtons, or early Whitney-Laidley that used a pair of pins and a center flat bar to retain them.
The New System Whitney also had a trigger guard integral with the lower tang, not separate like this one is.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |