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Had a super morning hunting pheasant.
And with a gun that has not been cleaned for five weeks!
Yes you read right. I simply patch the damp crud out. Bring the gun in to warm and dry and then grease the bore with olive oil and beeswax. No rust or corrosion. None on the outside too, just wiped off and greased except for flint and frizzen. The gun is stored with a small electric light keeping the safe aired.
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Cleaned the gun last night. Man did some black come out! Took a near full kettle of boiling water. Tip in tip out and scrubbing patches.
Eventually it run clear and dried quick.

So I guess there is no need to panic about cleaning...just like the mounting men and others of old :cool:

B.
 
Thank you gents for the kind words but the glory is not mine but of my Creator.

I am holding a candle, a candle for my fellow British members ( you know them, the ones that like to quote law and imply wrong doing, phone their local police chief constables and condemn practices they disapprove of) to celebrate with me the harvesting of a fine game bird.
Alas I fear the candle will extinguish first!
Oh well, divide and conquer.......
 
Thank you gents for the kind words but the glory is not mine but of my Creator.

I am holding a candle, a candle for my fellow British members ( you know them, the ones that like to quote law and imply wrong doing, phone their local police chief constables and condemn practices they disapprove of) to celebrate with me the harvesting of a fine game bird.
Alas I fear the candle will extinguish first!
Oh well, divide and conquer.......
I do indeed pray the candle never extinguishes! I hate to ramble, but I will share a story. Many years ago, as a young man, I had the opportunity to live with and train with German soldiers near Heidelberg. When we got to discussing hunting, they were amazed that I was (and am) a hunter. It seems many places in Europe the hunting is over except for the ultra wealthy. It will come to America also if we're not careful!
 
Congrats Brits on a fine looking bird!

These old guns can take more that most want too give them...

I fired 35 shoots a couple weeks back in a steady rain, shooting a woods walk and novelty course with 15 targets each... the others 5 were warm ups !

You betcha’ it was hard too clean, especially since I waited until 9:30 that night in my tent.....

But she good as new.
 
Congrats Brits on a fine looking bird!

These old guns can take more that most want too give them...

I fired 35 shoots a couple weeks back in a steady rain, shooting a woods walk and novelty course with 15 targets each... the others 5 were warm ups !

You betcha’ it was hard too clean, especially since I waited until 9:30 that night in my tent.....

But she good as new.
Wish we had shoots like yours over here.
They just shoot at paper here which sends me to sleep.
 
now that's some real bragging rights. haven't seen a pheasant since we moved from Pennysylvania in 63.
had an old friend that raised the female of the species because his heart doctor told him that was the best meat he could consume for his medical condition.
 
I grew up hunting them back in the late 50's and 60's, In new Jersey of all places! Last pheasant I saw here in Pennsylvania was back in the late 80's. Now I see a lot of hawks, owls, foxes, coyotes, bob cats, and feral cats. we don't shoot them, of course. Don't want to upset the tree huggers.
 
Had a super morning hunting pheasant.
And with a gun that has not been cleaned for five weeks!
Yes you read right. I simply patch the damp crud out. Bring the gun in to warm and dry and then grease the bore with olive oil and beeswax. No rust or corrosion. None on the outside too, just wiped off and greased except for flint and frizzen. The gun is stored with a small electric light keeping the safe aired.
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B.
wow!!! i miss the days of hunting wild pheasant with my dad........
pretty pic!!!! thanks
 

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