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My piller drill fully geared has a brass plate on it stating it had been commandeered for war work being refurbished and rebuilt in 1942 . it was 50years old at that date ,90 odd years old and still less than quarter of a thou play in the shaft. Its jut a puppy next to my Elliot flat belt...

Looks to me with mantons name on it you have what we call a deer park rifle on this side of the pond .So called as they were first built to take the park deer in the large estates . I always thought a lot must have made their way to the states as they were a handy size

I have a .36 Manhattan in great condition and a Webley Bentley both original so I am thinking long arm and go for a Colt,s Patterson rifle

Has nobody said the bottom rib has been reset by an amateur no barrel maker in Birmingham would have sent a gun like that out of his shop .if he,s used a plumbers solder and flux the acid will do the barrels . the plugs should have needed a lot more effort to shift them having said that the...

as a matter of interest i get all my tow by picking up old english saddles that have a broken tree they are stuffed with a couple of pounds of tow and you get two saddle flaps that are great for knife sheaths plus a couple of square feet of thin stuff if you cant get a saddle a saddler should...

It's like the old ghurka who was asked the secret of using his khukri he said I hit him with the cutting edge . What if he,s still coming ? Oh in that case I hit him again lol, I suppose sometimes it doesn't do to over think these things.

has the look of a british rook rifle about it if they were made in percussion that is