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Henri Gustave Delvigne invented the hollow base for expansion bullet in 1847. Claude-Ettienne Minie introduced a dished metal cup to the base to aid expansion in 1849. The M1854 bullet was in service in 1854 so you have a timeline. To his credit Minie always gave Delvigne equal credit for the...

I have given them a bit of cleaning:

The M1853, 1854 & 1857 were basically new made variants of the M1842. I quote from The Rifle Shoppe: 'In 1853 the breech bolster was widened to move the nipple over slightly, making the bolster project out about 1/8" to the side of the barrel instead of flush as on earlier models. The caliber...

Thank you Rudyard. I have had both 2 Zulu shtotguns and a Samain, all in 12 bore. The Zulus had both been stretched by (insert preferred derogatory epithet) who have used nitro commercial 12 bore rounds. Still sound but sloppy. The Samain bolt action was still in good order and might have...

The French economically converted the existing M1822 and M 1842 muskets into rifle muskets by rifling the bores. Giving them a 'T' prefix (Transforme). Initial trials showed that the muzzle became too thin when rifled and Delvigne introduced progressive depth rifling with the depth of the groove...

A lot of British makers imported cheap Belgian barrels for their cheap end guns. If it has Belgian proofs then I would expect it to be just the barrel. Actually not a few quite good British guns had Belgian barrels and it was a sore point with some.

Should you need to repeat the experience I can recommend the patch near Jacob Snider as quieter.

I am curious as to why you expect there to be Belgian proof marks on the bottom of the barrel as well as British proof marks in their normal position?

Lovely rifle there. After 200 years it might look like this but not with the remaining browning on the twist barrel Enjoy making yours bark.

As an aside. The elephant and castle stamp originates not with the London district known a Elephant and Castle as a corruption of Henry VIIIs first wife the Intanta of Castille, who lived thereabouts, but rather with the sign of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers, which makes perfect sense for...

Just too reiterate. 'Royal African Company' style lock stamp: British commercial proof marks for a 22 Bore (gauge) barrel:

If I remember my economics essays at school the conclusion is always that 'they are all correct but there are too many variables to give a certain answer'. The native hunter answer to all accuracy issues is 'get closer'. You learn that if a miss robs your family of dinner on a regular basis...

With the 'Royal African Company' Elephant and Howdah so probably for the West African market. British commercial proof as a 22 bore if smooth so 0,596" nominally or 0,600' in human measure. If his friend's father picked it up in the 1930's it may be hardly used. A rare survival in this condition...

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$2,499! ****** me! I paid less than €900 for mine and it is the real thing. Less than perfect to be fair but it is all there and a twist barrel to boot.

Ethnographic Arms & Armour - European Armoury will get you to the appropriate forum and then you can do some old thread diving.

I would expound eruditely in full lecture mode but really it is better to read Forsyth's 'The Sporting Rifle and it's Projectiles' for yourself. Free read and download at The Sporting Rifle and Its Projectiles : James Forsyth : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive It may be...

I would think that it was meal powder which would separate mechanically in transport so it might be that Guido's job was to mix up the powder in the barrels once they have been delivered.

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The red and the yellow were used as paint pigments.