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The main spring broke on the Pedersoli trade gun so I welded it.
With some fiddling I got it sparking good again so I needed a test and what better way than via a rabbit hunt.
Well the rabbits were thin on the ground and it being a very damp day guess what happened when I did get a shot? Nothing!
I saw a spark but no fire.
After cleaning and freshening the pan a rare occasion occurred! I spied a fox working my way in some thick nettles.
I got low and readied the gun confidence draining away as I looked again at the pan and closed the frizzen.
The fox got to about 30yds turned side on perfectly, I aimed, reminded myself to follow through, saw the flash, waited for the recoil........nothing
The fox jumped and wondered " what the heck...." and trotted off!
I carried on hunting and bumped into it hunting rabbits, it gave one a good chase.
Jess, my dog was going nuts! She turns into a monster if she can get on a fox!
Anyway, this fox was onto us and slipped away denying me another chance.
Fair play. I smiled, it's not everyday nowadays a fox witnesses a flash in the pan is it?
Well I never got my rabbit but did shoot the gun off.
It was a successful test. I will get a rabbit but I should really stop using flintlocks in foul damp conditions!
The main spring broke on the Pedersoli trade gun so I welded it.
With some fiddling I got it sparking good again so I needed a test and what better way than via a rabbit hunt.
Well the rabbits were thin on the ground and it being a very damp day guess what happened when I did get a shot? Nothing!
I saw a spark but no fire.
After cleaning and freshening the pan a rare occasion occurred! I spied a fox working my way in some thick nettles.
I got low and readied the gun confidence draining away as I looked again at the pan and closed the frizzen.
The fox got to about 30yds turned side on perfectly, I aimed, reminded myself to follow through, saw the flash, waited for the recoil........nothing
The fox jumped and wondered " what the heck...." and trotted off!
I carried on hunting and bumped into it hunting rabbits, it gave one a good chase.
Jess, my dog was going nuts! She turns into a monster if she can get on a fox!
Anyway, this fox was onto us and slipped away denying me another chance.
Fair play. I smiled, it's not everyday nowadays a fox witnesses a flash in the pan is it?
Well I never got my rabbit but did shoot the gun off.
It was a successful test. I will get a rabbit but I should really stop using flintlocks in foul damp conditions!
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