Hello from England

[VicN]

Welcome from a fellow Brit! I live in France now. laws around BP shooting are a lot more free here than the UK. That rifle of yours is a beauty! Unfortunately my budget does not extend to getting an actual original.

Even back in the 60's you still needed a black powder licence, I applied and had a visit from the police! he wanted to know where I would fire the weapons etc so I said I was joining a club even though there were none anywhere near me. Then he said I needed a lockable cabinet to keep them in etc. I never pursued getting a licence but got plenty of black powder from a friend, in more recent times, to show the grandkids a flash in the pan I used powder from fireworks which you can buy any time of year. How crazy is that.

 

[dracer]

welcome to the forum

 

[springfield art]

Hell everyone, greetings from England.
I have a small collection of flintlock & percussion muzzle loaders, all bought in the 1960's. Rules for firing them in the UK are very strict now but back in the 60's I fired quite a few of them. I had most of them stored in the loft and recently got them down to check on their condition . Here I am posting a gun that I was never sure about, it was sold as a boys Kentucky style rifle, it has an an unusual patchbox as you can see. The Rifle is 42" long , sadly converted from Flintlock to Percussion, Barrel is rifled and 27"excluding tang. I'm not sure if it's a genuine gun or something put together at some time.


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Whatever would the World do without merry Olde England? Our great friend and ally, after a bit of a spat in 1776 and 1812...

 

[Tweeter and the MonkeyMan]

Welcome from Ontario, Canada.

 

[anticus]

Greetings !

 

[LSLibelo]

Welcome from California.

 

[John May]

Welcome from a fellow Brit, Oxford area mostly but a foot in the Welsh camp due to a lovely Welsh Wife!

 

[Walkaheap]

Welcome from Nebraska, hard by the Platte.
Walkaheap

 

[Mark E. Prickett]

Welcome from North Carolina. You should post this rifle in the firearms identification section.

 

[VicN]

Welcome from North Carolina. You should post this rifle in the firearms identification section.

Hello Mark, a good idea, I will post it there shortyl to see if anyone can identify it's origin

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Hello everyone, greetings from England.
I have a small collection of flintlock & percussion muzzle loaders, all bought in the 1960's. Rules for firing them in the UK are very strict now but back in the 60's I fired quite a few of them. I had most of them stored in the loft and recently got them down to check on their condition . Here I am posting a gun that I was never sure about, it was sold as a boys Kentucky style rifle, it has an an unusual patchbox as you can see. The Rifle is 42" long , sadly converted from Flintlock to Percussion, Barrel is rifled and 27"excluding tang. I'm not sure if it's a genuine gun or something put together at some time.


Welcome from Esher UK …..1960s best years of my life. No shotgun laws as such , and a plod typed out my firearms cert with two fingers, pistol man like the others , Always blasting away over the woods . Yup I am 80 like most of them either side of the pond, lovely forum full of very lovely people, but beware what you print, don’t get carried away . This is the UK !!!! There’s are a few more gunny Britts dotted around I wish you well , I have this disease this year , it’s Holts disease, up in Norfolk they got £2k off me in July for 3 muzzle loaders , Yrs I am just as mad as the rest of them. I wish you and our brethren across the pond well .

Me and my new holts ml,s




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[Gordoncourtney]

Even back in the 60's you still needed a black powder licence, I applied and had a visit from the police! he wanted to know where I would fire the weapons etc so I said I was joining a club even though there were none anywhere near me. Then he said I needed a lockable cabinet to keep them in etc. I never pursued getting a licence but got plenty of black powder from a friend, in more recent times, to show the grandkids a flash in the pan I used powder from fireworks which you can buy any time of year. How crazy is that.

Hello , where’s Ewan a real Frenchman from La Rochelle he’s not been on the forum in ages , yes love France , done 5k miles in my Motorhome . Not one hog , in sight I had my compound bow then Yes the French gun laws are great for BP but this permit to carry alludes me . Without one I cannot carry a muzzle loader in my Motorhome especially in the hope of shooting it, so that’s no reason to carry one . French Plod may get unhappy . Any advice. Ha ha

I wish you well from London

Ps I guess you know the dune d platt and the castle and my french Rapido motorhome, an old lady now , not as old as the wife though , ha ha

 

[VicN]

Hello Gordon,
I don't fire any of my guns these days, not for decades in fact, and even then I was never into hunting or anything so I just keep them for interest along with vintage cine projectors and pinball machines!. I have a nice shotgun with Ebony ramrod and a Platinum breach plug in a superb rose scrolled Damascus barrel. It's backlock is engraved with a hunting scene and says Wood Worcester, but I can't finds a record of that maker.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Hello VicN. I got muddled , being 80, the french bit was for our brother Sir Boniface Harrison , I shot a lot over the years the end was when the new manager of Polesdon Lacy NT refused to renew our 1933 shooting least, 2012, we did a lot of hard work for the NT. I gather her nephew would now do the shooting , my farmer friends now died or sold up so nothing there. Most Dorset farmers were glad for you to shoot rabbits , but the blood pox killed the rabbits. Then the police took away my shotguns as at 78 I might shoot intruders. That’s when I took up archery , many were gunny people who lost their gun licences too. Lagos Nigeria nothing to shoot even up country, that’s similar to my old hunting ground Perth WA nothing there, and no ML allowed, only proper guns. So today I am a collector of wall hangers , I want to take my guns to france, to shoot hogs etc. although teaming with them in 5k miles I saw none, no birds either , a barren land, Good hunting if you can get some. Waiting for a Swiss ml , and a rusty shotgun from holts auction, be up to 3 weeks Do I shoot Yrs a 177&22 bsa Scorpio pcp knocks heads off squirrels and rabbits if you can find one

Take care whever you are , love from Joan and myself

 

[wiscoaster]

Very cool stock. Hello from Packer country. (NE Wisconsin USA - home of the Packers American football club and the world-renown EEA Airventure convention, now in progress).

 

[Eras Gone]

Welcome From Alabama! I earn my masters degree in archaeology from the University of Leicester.

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Hey Mark,
Welcome from Middle England,Where the 4 Counties meet. The trigger guard on that
gun looks late for a British Flint gun. I tend to go with Felt Wad on that one .Nice looking
though. You have a number of MLAGB friends in your area..Take care. OLD DOG..

 

[Badfinger]

Welcome to the addiction......

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!

 

[Okie Hog]

Welcome from southwest Oklahoma.