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Seems you live in uk. Ha ha I could be wrong .me Esher KT 10 0RQ I got my Firstutzer in the sealed bid around £600 better than that in main auction £1200. But you have to be very careful. Alex Courtney . At holts. is my name sake but not a relative. Very nice guy. Love guns

I guess you are in the USA be careful of buying at uk auctions. Anyone overseas One guy had to return his bid , as export was prohibitive, not to mention paperwork. However he was lucky as it made him several hundred ££££ with higher bids next auction . It can be lengthy too, as the...

Likewise we both have a beautiful bit of french walnut . These cape guns probably from South Africa , mine a little bashed around , it’s got time history, did he fall of his horse , trampled by a buff or fended off a machetes , who knows but a chunk of the for end had been replace . I got...

Reilly is my favourite builder , glad you found and dated the serial no on google hes well documented EM Reilly , the son, took over around 1850’. And went over to french walnut which you should have , no special knowledge on my part it’s all on google , my first Reilly was an 1853 cape rifle...

Yes a beautiful gun in the making , makes me want to try harder at my work.

Even in uk many barrel blanks came from I gather Holland , they were experts and forged fine Damascus barrel blanks. Indeed a number of blanks were recently found, and one English gun maker is using them to make new modern shotguns, I always try to use an original flintlock , usually off a Bess...

I think it’s whatever makes you happy that counts, when I build a rifle I make everything . But they have little value when finished , so every now and again I buy a real one for investment and for its history and craftsmanship , we are fortunate in the uk for old things This month bid is on a...

I am British perhaps guage is something to do with railways. Ha ha some say 12 gauge but I say 12bore Anyway who cares, I try to entertain with information. And I must thank you all , today I see I got 100 “love reactions “ and some 1700 likes , ha ha very nice of you. From across the pond .

I put an auction bid in on this German mountain carbine 1830. It’s nice but , the hammer??? , and the 23” .5 bore barrel will only give me 1200 ft sec. I put in a decent bid, but finding out I was £4500 on my card, I did a wobbly and reduced my bid . I’ll probably loose it, but then it’s...

I love the .36 , have a double, but i shoot arrows at 40 yards and my pcp airguns knocked heads of squirrels at 50 yards . I am just having fun with you, your thread is really interesting , I went after a squirrel this morning with my bow at 40 yards but it would not stop still, I use a scope on...

You built like the way I thought , mine 1885 Swiss 10,4mm martini action , others replacement stock , note set triggers, barrel rifled .5 bore, ignition 209 primer or percussion cap muzzle loading big bullet or patched ball 1/37” twist heavy 14 lbs 39” barrel I think Hankin started me off...

Well spoken. I had a bad virus so having a weeks rest from cancer drugs. , but not up to doing much . Well if I peg it at 81 it’s been a good life, as they say , if only my nose would stop running I did make a Pritchard type bullet mould for my .36 double rifle The bullet came out a bit...

I give her drops and stuff with her food , but still looks like a big tatty rat. I had a previous one with a beautiful coat and bushy tail, they get killed a lot on our roads no sense other to run across at full speed

Still not shot the fox she’s a sweet little thing. Loves her blanket

You made me think if Putin nuked London he would kill like 20m Moslems. Something for him to think about . I must add, traveled including Nigeria and I all that time never met a nasty or unpleasant Moslem !!!

Not so daft I was thinking about that , but even modern arrows cannot beat a good flint tip I guess great for birds and rabbits , I must try one. Well I did a .430gr. ,530 minie bullet. I must say the hot glue held up well no sign of it coming loose. I did heat up the bullet cavity with...

They were a shambles they should have carried Roman shields to protect from arrows the french at Agincourt had slow loading crossbows, like a muzzle loader. Say 1000 English arrows let off into the sky, every few seconds just destroyed the French. Yrs big hefty arrows with forged iron tips...

I did not shoot out fox today. Likes our food company but so timid I cannot stroke her Got her nicely cleaned up with drops and things

I got fed up with sailing club and joined Woking archery club uk. I was suprised many of the guys were ex pistol shooters like me, Handguns were banned a few years back in uk. I was also very suprised how accurate modern bows were I left in 2020 as I got cancer and immunology made me weak...