Most guns in the Victorian period for shooting water fowl such has ducks and other waders were 10 bore single and double barrelled and were know has duck guns.
These guns with a standard load of 3.1/2 drms of black powder known has 1Fg and 2Fg which was a coarse to medium black powder was used on the inland waters such has the marshes , river banks and flooded water meadows known has inngs.
The 10 bore S/B were built in percussion and flintlock which had a barrel up too 40 inches long .Some of the flintlock guns which were converted to percussion using the drum and nipple principle had a barrel of 40inch plus and known has long fowlers . Later the D/B guns in percussion were built with barrels of 30 to 36 inch barrels and were Damascus twist, where the early original and flintlock conversion were mostly iron barrels
These people who pursued water fowl on these marshes were a hardy breed and were known has wildfowlers ,a name that is still used today. Then it was a way of life and a living not only to put meat on the table but surplus was sold a market.
The 10 bore gun in that period was the most used for ducks and small waders .But for geese and large fowl such has whoopee swans the big bore guns from 8 to 4 were mostly used on the fore shore, but that is another thread.
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These guns with a standard load of 3.1/2 drms of black powder known has 1Fg and 2Fg which was a coarse to medium black powder was used on the inland waters such has the marshes , river banks and flooded water meadows known has inngs.
The 10 bore S/B were built in percussion and flintlock which had a barrel up too 40 inches long .Some of the flintlock guns which were converted to percussion using the drum and nipple principle had a barrel of 40inch plus and known has long fowlers . Later the D/B guns in percussion were built with barrels of 30 to 36 inch barrels and were Damascus twist, where the early original and flintlock conversion were mostly iron barrels
These people who pursued water fowl on these marshes were a hardy breed and were known has wildfowlers ,a name that is still used today. Then it was a way of life and a living not only to put meat on the table but surplus was sold a market.
The 10 bore gun in that period was the most used for ducks and small waders .But for geese and large fowl such has whoopee swans the big bore guns from 8 to 4 were mostly used on the fore shore, but that is another thread.
Feltwad