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  1. Auldjin

    1851 navy

    Just for comparison, an older London 1851. Left loaded until the 30s it still fired.
  2. Auldjin

    Stuck ball, now with drill bit

    or is it?
  3. Auldjin

    Percussion pistol ID

    I stand ready to be corrected, but is it common for boxlock turnoff pistols to be rifled? All mine are smoothbored but I suspect they might be a little earlier and all are English made. They were short range self defence weapons and rifling seems a bit pointless
  4. Auldjin

    Percussion pistol ID

    I wondered but I was not brave enough to suggest it.
  5. Auldjin

    Percussion pistol ID

    The pattern on the barrels seems to have counter-rotating twists. It almost looks like a machined "faux Damascus". You need to enlarge the pictures to make it out.
  6. Auldjin

    Percussion pistol ID

    Is it a turn-off barrel? I am puzzled by the surface markings on the barrel.
  7. Auldjin

    Hello from Scotland...

    Greetings from the Lothians.
  8. Auldjin

    Target Pistol

    Just for fun an oldie showing its age. It has a set trigger.
  9. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    My apologies to T. Foley, I had not scrolled down far enough to see he had beaten me to it.
  10. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    Can I point you to D. Egg Percussion Travelling Pistol, the pictures are rather interesting. Also to quote " This pistol was probably built at the very end of his career or by his son John who traded as Durs Egg (executor) at 1 pall mall 1832-1837. Regardless, this piece is rather plain but is...
  11. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    I was looking at the name on the lock and trying to pick out letters. I thought I could see "D.EGG". Almost certainly too good to be true but I wonder what other people think they can see.
  12. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    I don't have any military percussion pistols, but three of my pistols have rammers (the others are turn-off or don't have a rammer) and two of those have a stirrup (not a large sample I know). The single barrel piece is by Beckhuson of Oxford the other by Lancaster of London.
  13. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    This is outside my expertise but I wonder if this might be relevant: "The prestigious William & John Rigby and Trulock & Son were making their own barrels commercially by 1830, and prior to this Rigby had developed the deeply etched damascus barrel by the year before his death in 1818. All...
  14. Auldjin

    Help Identifying Percussion Pistol

    They are not the best struck marks, but I think I see the letters "B,P and C" and "V" between the crossed sceptres making them Birmingham post 1813. The Tower private marks had just the crown and sceptres without the letters
  15. Auldjin

    Explosive Cannonballs

    Surely not cannon balls but shells from the bomb vessels of the Royal Navy. In the field, I think I am correct in saying, shells were only used with howitzers in Napoleonic times although cannon would use grape and canister.
  16. Auldjin

    Pocket Colt Question

    I wonder if Mr Cox would agree.
  17. Auldjin

    Identifying old caplock

    I think you will find it is Golcher.
  18. Auldjin

    Restore or just leave it be? That is the question.

    Just one thing, I think the wheels might be on the wrong way round. The wheels are dished and should present a concave surface on the outside.
  19. Auldjin

    Discharge while loading

    For Napoleonic Wars artillery, the ventsman had a leather thumbstall to protect his thumb which he placed over the vent to prevent the rush of air from the charge being rammed home rekindling any spark. This was known as serving the vent. If the ventsman failed to do this, the spongeman would...
  20. Auldjin

    Wrapped up in paper and string.

    Having posted a picture of my Beattie transitional revolver, I decided to have a quick Google of the maker and came across a site dealing with proceedings at the Old Bailey - https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18480228-826. Beattie was a witness at the murder trial of a young woman...
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