Brocock Orion 6 in .22 calibre

[Ashf9999]

Yes...no trigger shoe, hammer spur, barrel shroud or Walnut grips and the slotted cylinder but this was revolutionary at the time...
When Brocock introduced newer models like the Specialist, then the Orion was offered in various configurations including the Tawnado, match and Pocket, various barrel lengths were also options....
I have loads of the slabsided barrel shroud plus a few round ones

Apologies if it’s been covered already (and I know you said things like drilling hammers was very tricky due to hardness) - did Michael Tawn do his own mods, or do I assume they were built to his spec in Germany?

 

[AC allday]

They were built for him

 

[AC allday]

@AC allday, the information you're giving is absolutely fascinating

Thank you, I should write a book on this!!

 

[Didier]

Thank you, I should write a book on this!!

By all means! It's a good thing nonetheless that all the information you have given is now accessible: it would have been a pity not to write more about the TAC system and the guns that were adapted to use it.

 

[Didier]

The originals were even more plain with Bakerlite grips

Those looked actually closer to the 9 mm PAK blank-firing revolvers Weihrauch produced, in my opinion. I've been thinking for some time that Weihrauch may have used blank revolver cylinders for the Brocock versions - no pressure to withstand, so surely a poorer quality steel would have done the job.

 

[Didier]

As regards that alloy vs steel thing, you can see that, with the notable exception of the frame, the "vital" parts are all made of steel on the Orion 6:

 

[Didier]

A little video to illustrate the Orion 6 with better quality pictures (surely you'll recognise the music ) :

 

[Mr Clark]

Saxby was a very clever man!!
Bear with
If he got Weihrauch to make the Orions to the same spec as their .38 but not proofed they couldn't be classed as a firearm so not subject to any deac rules..
When World wide arms converted the .303, they took deactivated rifles and recommissioned them to aircartridge which was and is not legal as once a firearm always a firearm ....
There's always been confusion with aircartridges.....
Even now I have recently seen a Herald for sale as a section 1 rifle!!
I have seen people transfer aircartridge guns from one licence to another...

I dont think WWA converted deactivated No4's, they converted selected examples from their purchases, while the majority were chopped.

Some elements of ensuring live Sec1 component parts used in the AC conversions couldn’t be reused in a .303 were however ' deactivated '

 

[AC allday]

I dont think WWA converted deactivated No4's, they converted selected examples from their purchases, while the majority were chopped.

Some elements of ensuring live Sec1 component parts used in the AC conversions couldn’t be reused in a .303 were however ' deactivated '

The point was that Weihrauch/ Arminius and Parker Hale made their guns as airguns from the start...the Enfield was made as a firearm so technically was alway section 1 irrespective of what was done to it....
A few people offered converted guns and were stopped quickly.

 

[Mr Clark]

The point was that Weihrauch/ Arminius and Parker Hale made their guns as airguns from the start...the Enfield was made as a firearm so technically was alway section 1 irrespective of what was done to it....
A few people offered converted guns and were stopped quickly.

It was a grey area to be fair

The originals were even more plain with Bakerlite grips

My Model 54 was exactly like that, bought brand new in 1988 from my local gunshop for £400 ( if memory serves me rightly).

I added the sold cylinder, when they became available and walnut grips.

I still have her today on my FAC 38 years later.