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[Treestalker]

Ah yes! A home defense weapon with a safety! Well, considering the litigious world we live in, I guess we'll have to live with it :wink: Of course there's nothing like a boarding axe to back it up! :shocked2: Alden, it's a beauty, and so is the axe. :bow: Thank you for sharing your darlings, in spite of my eccentric culinary preferences! Tree :thumbsup:

 

[curator]

10 gauge 1650 Catalan miquelet blunderbuss completed this spring.

 

[azmntman]

NICE set up! Love the brass barrel and hawk fits in perfect. I once threw a hawk at a renny festival and got two bulls! Had never threw one but played with knifes before.

 

[Treestalker]

Oh Son, Rip my Heart out! Part of my ancestry is Spanish. The Catalan stock and Miquelet lock are just outstanding! Did you build it? Please tell us more! Beautiful! Tree.

 

[curator]

Yup, I built it, assembling the lock from a Rifle shop castings set. Took several years of spare-time fiddling. The barrel and stock blank I got from Sitting Fox. It is 10 gauge with a slight bell mouth for ease of loading. Shooting this with 12 pieces of 00 buck shot or .75 caliber round ball is quite an experience!

 

[Treestalker]

Thank you. Tree.

 

[voltigeur]

my first build

the second


the start of the third


have a good day

 

[Treestalker]

Thank you, Arnoi, what guage are your barrels? did you make the barrels? You have a lot of ingenuity. Keep on! Tree. :thumbsup:

 

[voltigeur]

thank you :wink:

about 8 gauges

 

[rickystl]

Hi Scalper. I saw that Centennial earlier. Great find. But that 20 gauge is a beauty!! Super nice lines on that gun. Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[rickystl]

Hi Curator. AHHHH darn. You know how much I like miquelets. :haha: That is darn good looking. Congrats. Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[rickystl]

Allen: Thanks for the PM and the Link to the photos. That original blunderbuss is a beauty. If the barrel is in good shape (and you would know) by all means take a couple shots from her. Shooting an original that early would be a thrill. Make sure you take a pic. Thanks again, Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[rickystl]

Not sure which I like better....the gun or the boarding ax. :haha:
Does your sliding safety on the lock plate look similar to this:

 

[Alden]

Yes, indeed it does. Is the "W" for "Witchard" or "William" Rex?

 

[rickystl]

Hi Alden. The lock is an original from an 1833 Manton Carbine. It was the last official flintlock of the British Army.
The tumbler has a typical half-cock notch. The sliding safety will only engage while the hammer is in the half-cock position. Sort of like a double safety.
Just wondered if yours operated the same? Or is your slide the only safety?
Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[Alden]

Ricky;
Ah, William IV then it was...

Nope, that's how mine operates as well -- half-cock and slide lock. Belts and suspenders? Maybe not -- as a defensive gun it'd probably be fully loaded for extended periods of unknown necessity's timing.

 

[nhmoose]

Sweet looking gun! Good job

 

[Darkgael]

Here's another: It is a 14 gauge, 14" barrel....
a hoot to shoot, as are they all.

 

[robinghewitt]

Aw shucks, I love them all :thumbsup:

Mine might be all patched up and have the wrong lock, but she's beautiful to me :grin:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Hi Robin
Yep, clear the decks for sure. Scary looking down that business end.
Frank