spence
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Post by spence on Oct 22, 2019 17:15:08 GMT -7
It was my great good fortune to make friends with Paul Blakeman, a local BP enthusiast who specialized in shotguns. He was my most excellent mentor in the early days, now gone, and I miss him still. When Paul was elderly and in poor health he divested himself of a lot of his collection of guns and gear, and I was lucky to get his 10 gauge W. W. Greener percussion double. I corresponded with Graham Greener, the then CEO of the company, which is still doing business, and he authenticated the gun, said it was built very near the end of the production of muzzleloaders by the company. HIs best estimate was a date of 1871. I shot a few doves and a pheasant or two with the old gun when I first got it, just for the historical thrill, and it is a fine piece.       Spence |
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Post by Keith on Oct 22, 2019 19:26:39 GMT -7
Nice looking piece Spence, good images. Thank you.
Keith.
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Post by artificer on Nov 13, 2019 11:04:38 GMT -7
Though I'm normally not that interested in double barrel percussion shotguns, that is a NICE piece.
OK, dumb question one photo brought to mind. Does the wedge go in from the left to the right side of the forearm? And if so, was that common practice on English doubles?
The reason I ask is because I have been working on some later English guns lately and the screws enter from the left to the right on their bands. I always have to stop and think about that before I put the front sights on, so I DON'T have to take the sight off and turn the bands around.
Gus
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Post by spence on Nov 13, 2019 12:19:40 GMT -7
The barrel key goes in from left to right.
That picture above of the entry pipe and barrel key, fourth down, is oriented correctly, the upper barrel is the left, the muzzle is to the left and the locks to the right. If you look at the key closely you can see that the upper end is domed above the left escutcheon and shiny, the lower is browned and flush with the right hand escutcheon.
I have four other original English percussion doubles. The keys go in left to right on three of them.
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Post by artificer on Nov 22, 2019 6:40:39 GMT -7
Very Interesting. Thank you.
Gus
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