Beauty stands out in a crowd but UGLY stands alone.yes, but remember THAT UGLY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE!!!
At one time that gun was someone’s pride and joy; tastes vary.
Beauty stands out in a crowd but UGLY stands alone.yes, but remember THAT UGLY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE!!!
At one time that gun was someone’s pride and joy; tastes vary.
I know Packrat and his face is NOT pretty, but at least the beard covers up some of his face.I have a beard, I would be afraid to shoot it as it would pull all the hairs out of my pretty face
Firstly any notion of removing the tacks would be pure vandleism . & it might pay to check if that robbed lock isn't still about from the source . Just reflect if this was a NA Indian gun no matter how abused it would be eagerlly sought & priced accordingly .No thought of makeing a lamp standard from it . When I was twenty I hitched & travelled through West Africa from Northern Mali into Ivory Coast Libeira , Siera Leone back through to Ghana,Togoland Dahhomy ' Nigeria' The East & West Cammeroons but due to the perpetual wars in Congo I couldn't get through & ended up on Fernando Po a delightfully tranquil Spanish Colony apart from the heat & humidity & working for a whole 100 Pts a day ere I had enough to take the Troop & supply ship' Ciudad de Oviado' back to Cadiz. and limped (Sometimes literally) up through Spain into France & the port of Bouloine The only inside sleep was a Guardia Civil lock up in Vittoria & crashing in a youth Hostle near Bayonne . The lock up wasn't manned just the place they chucked drunks in to cool off bit like a Western set & sure enough they threw a drunk in who ranted on as such fellows will till I gave him a scungey blanket & told him to pipe down .We got turfed out at a wet dawn but it was a welcome roof to me . I didn't even have a sleeping bag, ditched it long ago on the West Coast .Ten mouths trip . But I examined many relic trade guns and locally made' Dane' guns . Later on I got a Flint lock made by a noted Nigerian maker (Or at least written about in a Guns & Ammo article written by Paul Adamson ) had it years then finding some 5/8th galved water pipe I stocked it up in Shedua a West African wood . I believe the bands are ex jam or butter tins except the two that bore ' one cup' &' two cups' that came from a flour sifter .Nice touch I thought . Rod was the typical No 8 fence wire Africans make toys of such wire , the photo shews it if only the lock is ' Genuine Jimmo Babatunde of Ikorudu lorry park fame' . Yes its ugly but it works fine .I proofed it in a rabbit hole then bowled a bunny and that all its done other than to serve as an example . The dangleing ammulettes are typical and seem to vary in number commensurate to the quality of the barrels they contain magic charms to ward of evil spirits ( allway's troublesome entitis on the Coast ) Togalosis type nuisance's you understand. & related to Australian Bunyips I gather . However I digress .Point being its wrong to disparage such guns just because you don't understand them pass it onto Ricksie do you both a favour .
Regards Rudyard
Pic's later to follow the above. R
HA! HA! Good one!It may be a Tactical Rifle , Get it. I know that was pretty bad Hu…
Looks kind'a tacky to me.
Robby
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That's Monkey pox!!Can't really make up my mind about it, but it does kinda look like it has smallpox.
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