Old shotgun barrel
some years ago I found this old barrel in a colapsed cabin in northern ontario...no stock..no lock,just the barrelthe barrel is 41 inches long and has a bore of .845.I presume It,s a shotgun barrel...
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A few more photos may be in order...that tang on the bottom is 8 inches from the hook at the rearMight mean a half stockas you can see there is no thining of the metal at the muzzle due to...
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'Somewhere out there is a stock with a length of water pipe stuck on it hanging over a fireplace' Thats what I mean Flyer! Doesnt it just rot your boots off every time that thought occurs to you?
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As big as that hole is I'm not so sure that I would want to drop the hammer on that puppy, unless something was intent on having me for dinner. Although with a tripod you could turn it into a crew...
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Bob ...the first photo shows the proof mark as well as an "8" I guess that might mean an "8" bore.If its a fowler it might not be too bad with some powder and a few balls But I shure would hate...
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This barrel has me a bit foxed, George.If it was originally full-stocked, there should be three or four lugs under the barrel for the wedges to fit in.If it were half-stocked, you'd think there should...
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Definately an interesting barrel been looking at some old books here and havn,t seen anything that it might have looked like.what about the marks on the barrel ? looks like a crown over a "C" with a...
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I vote for Richard building a half stocked fowler around it.Then selling it to me so I can give it a good home. This thread reminds me of an incident from my teenage years. An older gentleman down the...
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George:"The Gunmakers Company" was the London Proof House.The above is scanned from the Rules of Proof under the British Gun Proof Act, as reproduced in W.W. Greener's "The Gun and Its Development"....
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FreddoI have boxes of goodies here that I have dumped on the floor several times over the years looking for stuff that I just know has to be here somewhere If I had found that barrel just recently I,d...
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That's the same London proof that's on my Barnett Snider. Could it be a reproof of an older barrel that was never proofed?Very interesting. I look forward to seeing what you make of it,...
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George:Just to add a bit on "dating" of your barrel ....Unless I am very much mistaken, the crown in the proofmarks on your barrel is a "King's Crown", whereas the one shown in the scan I posted is a...
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Just finished talking to the bush pilot I worked with that year.still alive, flys and plays golf localy.he seems to recall the fellow owned that cabin didn,t come back sometimes in the 1870,s...never...
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George brought this barrel to the Alberta shoot for me to have a look at, along with an octagonal smooth-bored Birmingham rifle barrel.I was holding the rifle barrel, and George said; "hold out your...
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Richard, having seen pictures of some of your work, I would say that you are up to the challenge. I'm sure that it will be beautiful when you complete it. Bob
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Bob...I have seen and handled some of the things richard has crafted...He will do a job on this one alright....Richard..those barrels had your name writen all over them.All I could do with them was...
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Hope it'll be finished soon, George.Do you think that this barrel could have been used as a market gun, for shooting passenger pigeons?Shooting such wouldn't require moving around, just get on a...
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George, had you given me this barrel the project would be completed already and test fired this weekend. Mind you it would just be secured to a log and fired like a canon. I am sure Richards end...
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Good on ya George! Now I know for sure that you are a gun lover.You are a lucky lad Richard.I wish you long life and good health.You'll need it to finish the projects on hand
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Can't go a day before I'm 120 Freddo. and no diddling around just being old and usless either!!BTW Colin, this barrel will have a Spectacular twist to it when browned!!Shouldn't brown it before it's...
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