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This stand of percussion riffles mostly English from my collection I have entered them in the July Holts Auction mostly because of health problems Feltwad

Your first paragraph has me puzzled when you say that in 1851 he was new to signing and making guns with his name This makes me think that you have William Greener mixed up with son William Wellington Greener please check this out because there are people who get William and his son...

Both father and son had many patents registered at the patent office not only for shotguns but also rifles and pistols. Feltwad

William Greener is the father of William Wellington Greener The father is more associated with muzzle loaders and his son breech loaders born in the early 1800 at Felling in Tyne and wear and started has a apprentice for Gardener of Newcastle upon Tyne leaving has a journeyman gun maker for...

First was the gun for big game hunting I believe not to me it was a fowling gun for geese and ducks and would have had a barrel length of 36 to 40 inches ..If the barrel had been an original smooth bore or was the rifling bored out which looks to me that it was ,to shoot a round ball from the...

I am afraid that in its day it may have been used for African big game but not has it is now it must have lost at least 12 inches of barrel but it will only be useful now for shot with a moderate powder load Feltwad

Removing the nipple every time after shooting is asking for trouble it is easy the cross thread thus coursing damage to both the barrels and nipples flushing the barrel with boiling water will keep the nipple clear that is all that is needed Feltwad

It amazes me when people talk about a pattern plate for shotgun loads I personally never use one because my shooting is done flying and for ground game on the move .For shooting flying the pattern is totally different to shooting at a stationary plate here in the uk it is classed has...

With the improvement of black powder the shotgun has we know today with short barrels and elevated rib was introduced by John Manton in the 1780,s in flintlock . In 1800 Forsyth developed the scent bottle lock for mostly sporting guns , has for the percussion cap this was made by James...

Useful fowling gun does not look too heavy for the shoulder and should kill geese clean out to 50 yards , what load do you use and what size of shot , I always preferred size 4 shot for my big bores but when lead shot was banned for fowling I retired my big bores . Feltwad Punter...

Enclosed is a image of a Continental Cape Gun with a set trigger for the right hand trigger which fire the left hand rifle barrel and the back left hand trigger which fires the right hand smooth bore barrel Feltwad

Yes we now are not what is known in the UK has Spring Chickens just grumpy old cockerels' but still shooting Feltwad

What you have is a very late percussion , built approx. 1891-1896 by the then company know has Greenfell & Accles Ltd at the engineering works Perry Barr which was the former Arms and Munitions works owned by Henry Greenfell Has for your lock this is mainly the sear spring which is...

Now we are reminisce yes I often visited Bulmer.s shop in Lord Mayors Walk in the 1960,s really old shop if I remember right the shop front window with gun parts which were scattered among old cameras and guitars' . Upstairs were the guns which ranged from militaria sporting guns and pistols...

Enclosed is a left hand lock for a sporting gun which began has a flintlock and is percussion conversion by Patrick of Liverpool Feltwad

Plenty of bargains in this Sealed bid sale . Feltwad

Shooting game in the UK is total different to that in the States On a driven pheasant or partridge day shooting a sitting bird or shooting ground game plus vermin is strictly forbidding which will result in you forced to leave the shoot this also apples to shooting sitting on a walk up...

Holts Sealed bid auction on the 11th April have a record number of Antique and modern muzzle loading shotguns, rifles, and pistol in this sale has follows Original percussion longarm s 79 Modern muzzle loading rifles 32 Modern muzzle loading shotguns 21 Modern muzzle loading...

Both the same Feltwad

All you need are 2 1/8 card over powder and 1 1/16 over shot the fancy wads like fancy fishing flies are there to catch the user and just throwing money away Feltwad