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    Barrel marking

    I was asked if I knew what this mark is on the barrel of a gun. I thought it could be a manufacturers logo, but I am not sure. Can anyone identify it?
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    British and American Flintlocks

    I have just acquired a copy of a Country Life Collectors Guide by Frederick Wilkinson, the secretary of the Arms and Armour Society. ISBN0 600 43590 3, which was printed in Hong Kong in 1971. The UK price when published was 65p and it consists of 63 pages and is hard bound. The chapters of the...
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    A Bibliography of Guns and Shooting by Wirt Gerrare

    I have just purchased this bibliography. It is what it says it is - a bibliography. Look up the weapon and it tells you where to look for details. One snippet from it is that guns were invented 200 years before printing was. The first mention of guns in England was in 1338 in the indentures...
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    Baffling to me!

    Well, I went and gone and done it. I have purchased, on line, from a dealer a double barrelled, muzzle loading 18/.55 cape gun. I have used the dealer for a few years and his stuff has always been good. I haven’t seen the gun yet as it is in transit. I don’t know if it will be fireable or be a...
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    Terminology

    Could anyone tell me when the moving parts of flintlocks changed their names and who decided to change them? The cock became the hammer. The hammer became the frizzle and then the frizzen. The flash hole became the vent. I think that the pan has always been the pan.
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    Hello from OSF

    Hello from a new member. I own and fire muzzle loaders and bpc rifles.
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