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Tower.75 wrote:Hmmm... I know a friend who recently sold a Swede Mauser... wonder if it's the same. The shooting cycles of the UK aren't exaclty big, are they?

I need to get my camera out and do some snappin' me thinks.

Yeah, come on Tower...lets see the goodies....

Behold my goodies and be in awe!

Actually, I don't have anything that exciting.

Starting from the top -

- 19th Century "generic" boy's rabbit gun. Smooth bore, back-action lock.
- Pedersoli Short Land Pattern "Brown Bess" musket
- P1853 (Original) Enfield rifle musket
- Spandu made G1898 Mauser
- Eddystone/Remington made P14 rifle
- BSA SMLE No1 MkIII
Same guns, just a more top-down view, in the top right is my Pedersoli "Brown Bess Carbine" The top left is my Swiss M1881 Veterli bolt-action rifle, but I cant seem to find my picture of that. It's been posted in the forum somewhere, though
Pieta - "Colt" Army

You say 'nothing exciting', but that's a nice collection - and muskets you actually shoot

At the top though...is that an early 'black gun'!

You say 'nothing exciting', but that's a nice collection - and muskets you actually shoot

At the top though...is that an early 'black gun'!

Thanks. Kind of you to say.

No. it's not a black gun, though the stock is painted black. It's one of the thousands and thousands of everyday guns made my private gunmakers in the 19th century.

It's a smooth-bore back-action (percussion) "rabbit gun" designed for a boy, or girl. It's got platinum inlay and breech plug. It's a wall hanger, though. Bore looks like a drain pipe, and the wrist is cracked. I have no doubt a skilled man, or woman, could repair it, alas, my engineering skills starts and stops with putting up a shelf.

Tower.75 wrote:Pieta - "Colt" Army

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Pietta "1851 Navy" Sheriff.......

It's an odd ball. It's marketed as the "Navy", but it's in .44, and Colt never made the Navy in .44, they were all .36