Your Round-Action Gun
We offer new guns built on the John Dickson 'Round-Action' and James MacNaughton bar-in-wood 'Skeleton'.
Each of our guns is fitted and tailored to your personal specifications, ensuring that you have a gun that perfectly matches the demands of your hunting wherever you are in the world.
What is a Round Action ?
Design -
In the world of boxlock and sidelock guns, the Round-Action is a stark contrast, in that there are no straight lines or sharp edges in our Round-Action guns. The guns are therefore highly artistic in outline and profile and most comfortable to carry and handle.
Quality -
Our Round-Action guns are handcrafted by time-served craftsmen based in our workshop in Scotland. The gun is checked at each stage of build for to ensure the finished article meets the quality standards required to be considered a 'Best' gun.
Lightness -
By virtue of its design, the Round-Action is exceptionally strong but through the clever functional elements of the triggerplate, contributes to a lightweight gun. A 12 gauge with 28" barrels can be finished as low as as 6lb and still handles as easily and as quickly as a normal 20 gauge gun.
Barrels -
We build out guns with the finest steel chopper-lump barrels, the tubes are made here in the UK. They are carefully assembled, bored, struck and regulated to give the best possible patterns and handling. In technical terms, the lumps are the widest and shortest lumps of any gunmaker, allowing the locking surfaces and bearing surfaces to be greater and distribute the load on discharge.
Action -
Built on the foundation of our patent which was raised in 1880, the action incorporates a number of clever design features.
- The toplever is keyed into the action forming a solid lockup but also a cammed third-bite secures the barrels.
- Cocking is affected by a sliding bar thus making opening and closing the gun smooth and light and allowing the gun to open extra wide.
- Coil springs utilised for the ejector/assisted opener and top-lever system, allowing a failed spring to continue working.
- Intercepting Safeties are fitted to prevent an accidental discharge.
- The internal mechanism is gold plated for corrosion protection.
- The action body is specially hardened to protect the beautiful hand engraving.
Ejectors -
Dickson patent ejector mechanism is contained in the action instead of the fore-end thus improving the balance by centralising the weight and increasing the dependability of the ejector mechanism. The ejector system also provides and assisted opener allowing the extractors to come out to their full extent, this facilitating easy loading and unloading.
Stocks -
Only the finest quality matured Walnut specially selected for beautiful grain and figure is used. Stocks are finely shaped with diamond-oval grip and checkering. All stocks are made to client's measurements and the client can shoose the desired stock blank from our inventory.
The Dickson Round-Action
We currently offer the renowned Dickson Round-Action in 12, 16 and 20 gauge. Handcrafted in Scotland, you can expect the same care and attention to the detail inside and out, from the finest engraving to gold washed internals.
The MacNaughton 'Skeleton'
Best known for the Bar in Wood or Skeleton action, MacNaughton's “Edinburgh gun” is arguably one the most elegant designs ever made. Offered in 12, 16, 20 and 28 gauge and built around an action which showcases the stock while still allowing plenty of freedom to be creative with the engraving. For a Scottish gun enthusiast, there is no other substitute.
Daniel Fraser Stalking Rifles
In 2019, John Dickson & Son re-introduced the Daniel Fraser bolt-action stalking rifle - the Velox MS, again built on a Mannlicher-Schoenauer action, to produce a functional and practical stalking rifle in Fraser's classic style.