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  1. 11Bravo

    I saved a plank

    Hello All. Here is the story, last Thursday I got a call from a club member that another club member dropped off some stuff he wouldn't be using anymore and did I want the items. I said yes as I knew the new members of the club would just think the wood was for the fireplace. Yesterday at the...
  2. 11Bravo

    Early reproduction?

    I couldn't help myself and bought this "wall hanger". It's poorly made yet I like a challenge and it will shoot this winter. What I know is at the muzzle it's a 16 bore. The barrels are a heavy wall 33-1/2" and appears only fired for proof in Belgium. The barrels maybe made before 1894 and I...
  3. 11Bravo

    Original cones vs new type

    I sure this question has been asked before and I apologize for not doing searches. Why is the exit hole in the nipple so small compared to an original one that came out? I received my order from TOW and was curios about the difference as I will shoot this SxS once I'm done with it. Thanks much...
  4. 11Bravo

    JB weld to the rescue

    I soaked this 1863 Westley Richards breach in my Kero and penetrate oil for a few weeks. The right barrels cone came out just fine, but the left was buggered up before I got the gun and was really stuck. I set up the drill press and knowing the flats of the nipple were rounded I went one further...
  5. 11Bravo

    Confused again--Damacus barrels

    The SxS in question is a Westley Richards built in 1863. I had thought it was a 14 bore and yesterday I got the official record of the gun from WR which included a copy of the original order from their ledger. They said it was built a 12 bore yet when I do a rough measurement at the muzzle I get...
  6. 11Bravo

    Has anyone used these?

    I was going through my vintage caps and came across this that I must have bought 40+ years ago. It has a 1/4-28 thread and know I had got it for my H&A underhammer to use only for hunting. It uses a small pistol primer and has a rather large hole to the charge in my opinion. I never tried it but...
  7. 11Bravo

    A question for the 1849 Colt experts

    So I have two 1st Gen 4" barreled 1849s. One is a 5 shot, common, and one a 6 shot, not so common. I can see the cylinder OD is the same and they just cut down on the distance between chambers. My question is where else is the change made, hand, hammer, bolt or trigger? The few parts I have seen...
  8. 11Bravo

    Another FTF hammer question

    I'll try to make this explanation as short as I can. I worked for months getting my 14 ga. SxS shooting again with the original nipples (that looked like manure and were loose in the threads) I got .265-28 ones that fit great from TOTW. The only issue now is one barrel takes the 2-3 hits before...
  9. 11Bravo

    First proof firing

    After working on this approx. 170 year old SxS for months I proofed it at my skeet range. It's a Belgian barreled French 14 bore and I thought to post this picture that was taken by a buddy with a smart phone. I still use a flip phone. I gave each barrel two shots with 78 gr. 3F and 1-1/8 shot...
  10. 11Bravo

    Correct flask for 1849 Colt pocket

    So a few days ago I settled with my buddy on 4 of our Colts we recently bought. We each got an 1860 Army and a .31 pocket. My 4" pocket was made in 1857 and I am confused as to the correct flask for it, if it came in a case. I see double eagles, single eagle, eagles with stars, some with E...
  11. 11Bravo

    Odd sized cone question

    I had heard from a gent in the UK that there was someone in the USA that could make cones to fit my old French SxS. I finally got the second nipple out and would rather not drill and tap for an off the shelf size. Thanks all, Wayne
  12. 11Bravo

    Came across this photo today

    This isn't meant to fire up the moderators. In the article it mentioned this as a 16th century breech loader. Anyone seen this before? Must be a one off.
  13. 11Bravo

    How we ordered before the internet

    I was getting rid of old stuff and came across this invoice from 1975. Notice the prices and how it was done by check through the mail. I wonder if my return credit is still good? haha
  14. 11Bravo

    Laminated Bore and questions

    Good Evening All, So today I played with my new toy, a bore endoscope, and boy was I surprised. I have 4 SxSs that I want to inspect, what I saw surprised me. The photos are of a hammer breach loader that has a Belgian laminated barrel not proofed for nitro. Why I showed this one is I have fired...
  15. 11Bravo

    Cone threads on original SxS

    I have a 14 ga with Belgian proofs and when I get the nipples out I was wondering if all nipples back then had a standard thread like m6-0.75. Or did the barrel makers use proprietary ones and they could have been unique? Thanks much
  16. 11Bravo

    Bringing a twist barrel back to life

    I recently bought 3- 14 ga. SxS. Unfortunately all three had rusty bores due to the prior owner had way too many guns and lived by the salt water. Two are English makes and the one that I would like to shoot has French locks with Belgian proofed barrels. Any tips for getting these bores in good...
  17. 11Bravo

    Pops Knife

    I recently saw the hunters knife Two Feathers was selling. It made me reach into one of the few things I still have from my Dad. I'm 74 so 60+ years ago my Dad always called this knife "Pops Knife" I finally asked him why and he explained his father made it out of a model T spring during the...
  18. 11Bravo

    Another one I need an ID on

    I finally started looking at all we bought that Saturday. This S X S looks like the nicest of the 3 SxS in both condition and good looks. I pulled the barrels to see the proof marks, which I don't know what I'm looking at. The lock say's Paris but the proof mark looks like England to me. I'm...
  19. 11Bravo

    Need advice with lock removal

    In my recent major estate purchase besides the dozen wheel guns the was a single shot percussion. It looked so good I figured it was a repo. The side lock is screwed up so I popped the wedge and on the bottom of the barrel was marked "Hitchcock Muzzy & Co." The lock is marked London Warranted...
  20. 11Bravo

    Possible purchase, Original Colts

    First off this is my good friends possible purchase. His buddies Dad passed on and he was both affluent and a major collector of firearms. My friend has already bought about a dozen guns of which one was a Spenser and the other a Smiths carbine. From what I have seen so far this collector had...
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