Information on the Culloden Blunderbuss

FlinterNick said:

Ben is retired, I would contact Ed Rayl, he has a few blunderbuss patterns.

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Sam squanch said:

A blunderbuss barrel is going to be lots o’ $$$$, so plan for some sticker shock!

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PathfinderNC said:

Strange how the dog latch is positioned hanging down like that. How is that lock resting at “Half cock” without the dog engaged? Unless the mainspring is missing or broken…

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JQuigley said:

Hello,

I’m looking for information on the so called “Culloden Blunderbuss”, a blunderbuss that was recovered from the battle of Culloden in Scotland. Information on it is very limited but I was hoping someone knew the technical specs and dimensions of it as I’d like to replicate it sometime soon. Also if anyone has leads on blunderbuss barrels I’d gladly take them too. I apologize if this is the wrong thread but I couldn’t decide which one to post on. From what I have found, it was a brass barrel(clearly), was discovered with 18 balls in it(doesn’t specify size), is an English style Doglock so it was presumably captured by the Scot’s from the British at some point and from my guess it’s probably around a 20” barrel. Pictures of it are scarce as well. Thanks!View attachment 331058

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Commodore Swab said:

Nobody to my knowledge is making a Blunderbuss barrel of that shape. The last one I did required cutting the barrel from solid stock. I believe you would need at least 2,5 but preferably 3 inch stock as a minimum. Here are a couple similar pieces I've done.

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Notchy Bob said:

Thank you for that information. I was thinking Ed Rayl had retired, too, or at least stopped taking orders. It’s good to know he is still making barrels.

In browsing around, I found that Military Heritage has a brass-barreled 18th century blunderbuss. We don’t need to get into the “India-made guns” bashing… I’m just pointing out something I found. The write-up about this gun on the Military Heritage website references the Culloden blunderbuss, although their gun is not a copy of it. They also state the brass barrel on their blunderbuss is turned from solid bar stock, although I noted it appeared to be octagon-to-round.

For what it’s worth…

Notchy Bob

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JQuigley said:

Hello,

I’m looking for information on the so called “Culloden Blunderbuss”, a blunderbuss that was recovered from the battle of Culloden in Scotland. Information on it is very limited but I was hoping someone knew the technical specs and dimensions of it as I’d like to replicate it sometime soon. Also if anyone has leads on blunderbuss barrels I’d gladly take them too. I apologize if this is the wrong thread but I couldn’t decide which one to post on. From what I have found, it was a brass barrel(clearly), was discovered with 18 balls in it(doesn’t specify size), is an English style Doglock so it was presumably captured by the Scot’s from the British at some point and from my guess it’s probably around a 20” barrel. Pictures of it are scarce as well. Thanks!View attachment 331058

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brushblind said:

One problem with the Culloden Blunderbuss is the Scots didn't have enough of them!

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