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  1. Auldjin

    Hi From the uk

    Welcome from north of the border, Auldjin
  2. Auldjin

    Boot Pistols?

    For comparison this is an underhammer by Westwood of London.
  3. Auldjin

    Is this a Beaumont-Adams or a Deane and Adams Revolver? And a few other questions

    A double action Tranter.
  4. Auldjin

    Is this a Beaumont-Adams or a Deane and Adams Revolver? And a few other questions

    This is my Adams, It is self-cocking (UK terminology) so it does not have a spur on the hammer. It does not have a rammer because you are expected to push the bullet in with your thumb. For comparison, here is my Beaumont-Adams which is a true double action. Note the double serial...
  5. Auldjin

    Glad I checked.

    I thought I ought to get round to recording accessories etc that might not be obviously interesting to my heirs when the time comes to sort the collection. I took pictures of a bullet mould (54 bore), and my eye was caught by the serial number. The number rang a bell and then the penny...
  6. Auldjin

    Resurfaced casualty

    If he did, he did not pass it on to me. I am sure he intended to restore it but life got in the way. I do know that the local police passed on a Nock conversion to him because they did not know what to do with it. It had been handed in by an old lady who did not want it in the house.
  7. Auldjin

    Resurfaced casualty

    I found a box of my father's things tucked away in a cupboard. As well as a number of relic boxlocks, four powder flasks and a couple of other pistols there was this one by Cook of Bath. It caught my eye because of the mounts. I had forgotten about it but now I remember seeing it as a boy. I...
  8. Auldjin

    Keeping an 1858 loaded indefinitely

    This one was still loaded when my father acquired it in the 30s. He replaced the caps and even after 70 odd years every chamber fired.
  9. Auldjin

    Rifle Shoppe "Scottish Musket" and "James II Musket"

    I may be wrong, but I understood that the bombard had belonged to James II but it was damaged when firing a salute for the Duke of Albany who was to become James VII and II. Since the cannoneer was English, foul play was suggested because the English had nothing as big. It was regarded as a bad...
  10. Auldjin

    Help in identifying

    My apologies I missed that at first. I don't think I have ever seen anything like that before.
  11. Auldjin

    Help in identifying

    That's the cascabel. Ropes used to stop the piece when recoiling are attached to it. Sometimes there is a ring rather than a knob as shown in the carronade.
  12. Auldjin

    SOLD $300 OFF H. New antique British flintlock conversion pistol

    The absence of proof marks suggests that it is not English made.
  13. Auldjin

    Scottish Steel Pistols

    My pistols are both marked to the Second Battalion of the Royal Highland Regiment. It was raised in 1759 to fight in North America but was disbanded a few years later so they must have been made about that date. I believe these may be Scottish made.
  14. Auldjin

    Regarding the Adams double-action vs. the Colt single-action

    It is 54 bore (0.442 inches). It is numbered 43xx (R) which I think makes 1853 the probable date of manufacture but I could well be wrong. Taylerson following UK practice, distinguishes between this type of revolver - self-cocking and the true double action which allows you to **** the...
  15. Auldjin

    Regarding the Adams double-action vs. the Colt single-action

    Here is my Adams revolver.
  16. Auldjin

    M1842 Ashton pistol restore or leave alone?

    I certainly agree that the issues with the ramrod and missing screw do spoil the look of the pistol and fixing them is certainly justified in a sympathetic restoration.
  17. Auldjin

    Hi from Bonnie Scotland UK

    Welcome! I trust those who celebrate their Scottish roots will be marking Burns night on the 25th. Don't forget the neeps (rutabaga/swede) and tatties to go with the haggis!
  18. Auldjin

    Rifle Shoppe "Scottish Musket" and "James II Musket"

    Apparently it was made in Flanders.
  19. Auldjin

    Rifle Shoppe "Scottish Musket" and "James II Musket"

    To the people of Scotland, this King James is not the second but the "seventh and second" just as his grandfather (of KJV Bible fame) was James the sixth and first. King James II was killed by an exploding cannon in 1460. I can see why the Rifle Shoppe would prefer to keep things simple.
  20. Auldjin

    Mince meat, fruit cake and figgy pudding

    Wensleydale is one of the more famous English regional cheeses. It received a boost when it featured in the Wallace and Gromit films. You just cut a slice of cake and a thin slice of cheese and put the cheese on the cake and eat them together. In the UK "mince pies" are made with mincemeat...
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