Hey, I heard a rumor you all were talking about me. Thanks for the compliments on the rifle, this is a style that is somewhat overlooked by many builders and I plan to explore them some more.
Over the past few years I have had the good fortune of being able to handle and examine several originals of this type. They are definitely unusual. Some are architecturally more pleasing than others, and some have certain features that stick out as remarkable over most of the rest of the gun. The fun of it all is to try to pull some of those best elements together and still end up with something that "makes sense".
Apart from the obvious, beat you over the head variety of unusual features, there are many details on these guns that set them apart. One you won't see from the outside is the set trigger mechanism. They are set up essentially backwards from what you might expect . The mainspring is a flat leaf mounted to the front of the plate, catching the underside of the rear trigger blade. The spring is slotted for the front trigger to pass through - more commonly the spring would be a "J" shape rather than slotted. The front trigger return spring is stacked below the mainspring, mounted by the same screw. This arrangement does not allow for a mounting bolt from the barrel tang, what you usually see is the tang mounted to the stock with wood screws and the triggers retained by the guard.
Here is a picture of the triggers while in progress. The green color is a reflection off a t shirt I need to throw away
