Shot my William Moore!!

[Eterry]

I've been slowly cleaning up my Kansas Farmhouse basement find.
The left lock still won't hold reliably but I wanted to make smoke before going further.

I started with a REALLY LIGHT LOAD, think 24 gauge, and loaded one barrel at a time. I grabbed the wrong shot flask, was using my #6 shot, $@&£|, but wasn't gonna shoot a round of skeet.

Everyone who've handled her has said... if only she could talk... well she was talking to me yesterday. I killed a few metal cans, and a route 44 from Sonic at under 20 yards.

To everyone who said Belgium barrels are tough as nails... you're right.

Now to clean her up and continue working on the left lock.

 

[Feltwad]

I've been slowly cleaning up my Kansas Farmhouse basement find.
The left lock still won't hold reliably but I wanted to make smoke before going further.

I started with a REALLY LIGHT LOAD, think 24 gauge, and loaded one barrel at a time. I grabbed the wrong shot flask, was using my #6 shot, $@&£|, but wasn't gonna shoot a round of skeet.

Everyone who've handled her has said... if only she could talk... well she was talking to me yesterday. I killed a few metal cans, and a route 44 from Sonic at under 20 yards.

To everyone who said Belgium barrels are tough as nails... you're right.

Now to clean her up and continue working on the left lock.

Lets see a few images please
Feltwad

 

[LawrenceA]

I am with Feltwad.
SHOW ME THE PICCIES!!
Please?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.....

 

[Britsmoothy]

By the title I thought you had committed a crime

 

[kje54]

I've been slowly cleaning up my Kansas Farmhouse basement find.
The left lock still won't hold reliably but I wanted to make smoke before going further.

I started with a REALLY LIGHT LOAD, think 24 gauge, and loaded one barrel at a time. I grabbed the wrong shot flask, was using my #6 shot, $@&£|, but wasn't gonna shoot a round of skeet.

Everyone who've handled her has said... if only she could talk... well she was talking to me yesterday. I killed a few metal cans, and a route 44 from Sonic at under 20 yards.

To everyone who said Belgium barrels are tough as nails... you're right.

Now to clean her up and continue working on the left lock.

Shot my William Moore!!

What did that gun ever do to you that ya had to shoot it?

 

[Eterry]

LOL, poor Willie Moore...he had it coming..
I was at deer camp, I'll post some pics asap. BTW, deer camp was a bust, had a nice underage buck come to my call, which was nice, but i let him walk.

 

[Eterry]

 

[Eterry]

Here you go Feltwad, Britsmoothy and others
My homemade shooting pouch ( a canvas bag and belt from goodwill total cost $1.50. Two shot pouches, my adjustable powder flask, cardboard cards. And a cleaned up William Moore.

 

[George]

You might be interested in this. Back quite a few years ago there was a well-known BP gunsmith named V. M. Starr. He wrote a little booklet about BP shotguns, and in it he talks about his personal shotgun, an 11-gauge William Moore named Sue Betsey. He liked it. I transcribed his little booklet, it's at the link.

http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/starr.html
Spence

 

[Eterry]

You might be interested in this. Back quite a few years ago there was a well-known BP gunsmith named V. M. Starr. He wrote a little booklet about BP shotguns, and in it he talks about his personal shotgun, an 11-gauge William Moore named Sue Betsey. He liked it. I transcribed his little booklet, it's at the link.

http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/starr.html
Spence

Spence, I read your reprint of Starr's booklet years ago, and my heart almost stopped when my shotgun arrived and I saw it was Sue Betsy's cousin.
I have the booklet, and your webpage bookmarked. Thanks.

 

[jlatz]

This appears to be a nice gun. I have been using the percussion doubles since the 1960s. They are just plain fun. Enjoy them.

 

[Pukka Bundook]

Mr Starr was a very fine shot, and only used card wads. One card. He said, of course you may use more, if you enjoy making them!
The gun looks nice, ETerry.
does it wear Belgian proofs?

 

[griffiga]

I've been slowly cleaning up my Kansas Farmhouse basement find.
The left lock still won't hold reliably but I wanted to make smoke before going further.

I started with a REALLY LIGHT LOAD, think 24 gauge, and loaded one barrel at a time. I grabbed the wrong shot flask, was using my #6 shot, $@&£|, but wasn't gonna shoot a round of skeet.

Everyone who've handled her has said... if only she could talk... well she was talking to me yesterday. I killed a few metal cans, and a route 44 from Sonic at under 20 yards.

To everyone who said Belgium barrels are tough as nails... you're right.

Now to clean her up and continue working on the left lock.

I have a William Moore (bottom) back lock as well, along with a J Hollis & Sons (top). The William Moore is a 12 gauge and the J Hollis is a 11. Nice guns. I load the William Moore with 70 grains FFG and equivalent shot (around 1 oz shot. The J Hollis is heavier and with it I use 85 grains FFG and 1 1/4 oz shot.

 

[Feltwad]

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Well it looks a shooter , you cannot doubt a original English sxs percussions have a style of their own be it clay or game it should do the job .
Feltwad

 

[Roundball2319]

Very nice!

 

[Eterry]

Mr Starr was a very fine shot, and only used card wads. One card. He said, of course you may use more, if you enjoy making them!
The gun looks nice, ETerry.
does it wear Belgian proofs?

Yes sir, she does wear Belgian proofs.

 

[Eterry]

I am still on the search for hammers for this gun. The current ones don't match and one has been broken twice and brazed back together.

 

[fleener]

Someone will be able to jump in and help me out with a name. There is a guy that has a booth at Friendship, I was able to buy from him a set of hammers for my W. Greener ML shotgun several years ago. They were cast from an original. He always have a bunch of interesting guns for sale and apparently he has a bunch of hammers as well.

Sitting in an airport waiting a flight home and the name is simply not coming to me.

Fleener

 

[Pukka Bundook]

Wouldn't be Butches gun parts, would it Fleener?
I know he does a few different hammers and cocks.

 

[toot]

TWO, really beauties!!!