gray fox
32 Cal
Following up on my question about a black powder shotgun with no breech plug.
Some background first, over the past five years I have been going blind due to age related macular degeneration or AMD. I have since then given up fly fishing from a canoe, canoeing, fishing from a motor boat, motor boating, fly tying, target shooting with both modern and black powder revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, photography, driving, gun smith and , cabinet making activities. Four weeks ago I sent nine stationary woodworking machines to my older son and closed up the shot so I would not cut off my fingers.
I cannot see to read regular print or large print books, magazines, etc.
In short my life has become hell.
One of my sons stopped over yesterday and I took the opportunity to ask him for a photograph of the shotgun. When the gun was disassembled---there was a breech plug in the barrels---?
It seems the plug was attached to the barrels with a couple of pins from the bottom of the barrel but had become dis-attached and stuck in the stock receiver until yesterday. I missed this detail.
This had never occurred to me and because I am almost blind did not notice this.
This possibility made no sense to me but there it is, problem explained. I would feel stupid but most of the time I cannot see what is in front of me on my dinner plate. Stupid no, just old and time for the glue factory.
Sorry for the distraction. I really like this forum but may simply go away.
Ken.
Some background first, over the past five years I have been going blind due to age related macular degeneration or AMD. I have since then given up fly fishing from a canoe, canoeing, fishing from a motor boat, motor boating, fly tying, target shooting with both modern and black powder revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, photography, driving, gun smith and , cabinet making activities. Four weeks ago I sent nine stationary woodworking machines to my older son and closed up the shot so I would not cut off my fingers.
I cannot see to read regular print or large print books, magazines, etc.
In short my life has become hell.
One of my sons stopped over yesterday and I took the opportunity to ask him for a photograph of the shotgun. When the gun was disassembled---there was a breech plug in the barrels---?
It seems the plug was attached to the barrels with a couple of pins from the bottom of the barrel but had become dis-attached and stuck in the stock receiver until yesterday. I missed this detail.
This had never occurred to me and because I am almost blind did not notice this.
This possibility made no sense to me but there it is, problem explained. I would feel stupid but most of the time I cannot see what is in front of me on my dinner plate. Stupid no, just old and time for the glue factory.
Sorry for the distraction. I really like this forum but may simply go away.
Ken.
