It's not even close to a Farky. The farky was operated with an underlever sort of similar to a Ruger #1.
Thought that was a Fraser. I shared a magazine with a friend many years back that had an article on these. That's all it took. Next thing I knew he was building one. Ended up going with the 30/40 Krag. Nice piece!
Did your friend wind up building two of them?
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand