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The problem with cape guns is they are usually too heavy often at 12 lbs to carry on the trail . I guess a 20 g single smoothbore is most sensible as it covers birds and small game but them the weight of shot you carry goes up . I can see the liking of a .36 but you need to be good shot, but...

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Bows and arrows are called guns in Nigeria , nasty little things ha ha true so. The night watch had them guarding our house at night Archery : . Best group so far after practice practice at 40 yards ionx bow USA Soon be good enough to hunt . A silent killer Well it’s not an...

Nice to hear from people around the world , it’s a super forum. To buy or keep BP you need a police explosive licence in uk. They won’t give me one now, And if you just have the chemicals and there is the slightest suggestion you might be making BP you are likely to go to prison for 3 years...

Hello nice to hear from you. Just double checked it Enfield cut rifling 1/32” twist quite nice. Too fast for balls unless they are very tight , I just cannot find any information on the rifle ( 1885 maybe as late as 1920)’it’s very well made and cost me £2200 , I bid £1600 and forgot...

I’ll just add bern watching .36 flintlocks on utube , amazing

Not fired my .36 double in anger yet so wonder what you were thinking. I don’t have a round ball load for it , I found Sierra pistol bullets very good, but am considering buying a .338 Lee bullet mould and paper patching it , almost perfect , it’s all brain enjoyment as I cannot get a...

I mentioned the Feldstuter above , but at same auction I won this plain and simple 577 big game rifle , £600 , not a lot of charisma , but made in Aberdeen Scotland 1830 ,a plain and simple working rifle , heavy at 12 lbs , no doubt , for some game keeper on a great Scottish estate , for...

I paid enough at auction to get it so this private purchase Feldstutzer 10.5 Swiss/ German (Jager??!!!!) 1853 should come high on my list ,not fired it yet

Life near London I got a 1953 Fergy tractor , a barn and a green pool on mine . Occasional squirrels a cat and a fox on my 1/3 acre plot we also get parrots in the trees I live 17 miles west of London Me at 81a gunny man trying to play banjo and paint Ha ha I recently got a Feldstuter...

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I love you have a .36. As you might know I have a double .36. Really like to hear about any deer shooting with it. Is it possible ??? I mean it’s a mini .357 magnum. Ha ha I know its good for elephant . Rabbits and squirrels that’s for my pcp airgun , but what a beautiful long long...

My local council tax is a £100 a week. Most of it goes to help the down and outs up north, it’s another tax by the government collected by the local council, its using up all our savings , they don’t care !!!!!!!

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I found this and won . £20 on eBay uk. New but at least 30 years old according to seller, needs slight finishing and hardening , maybe made by a model engineer It will go with my heavy .45 barrel , no not made in India

I just don’t know as I cannot get a police permit being 81 But I do like my .36 double rifle , it’s like new 1885 .

I sit on the patio overcast skies reading again your stories most enjoyable at 81 a bit of cancer , love my 100 yard long 1/3 acre plot of woods and trees this morning shooting arrows at 40 yards . Only stopped as foxy came down for food. In a little village 17 miles from London . Pigeons and...