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Re: Edinburgh Scotland Gunshops
ClapperZapper
04/25/24 10:56 PM
The UK sporting goods business is similar in function to that in the U.S. They have to stock what sells.
You may stumble upon some trinkets in a shop that you like, but every shop knows where the good stuff needs to go to get a turn. There’s a fishing/shooting shop in Edinburgh that has been there for ever, ….sorry, name eludes me. Vintage book stores with all sorts of old titles.
You can find piles of Spanish boxlocks in many gun shops, low grade hammer guns, and some SLNE’s. Half the fun is just looking at your itinerary and calling the little sporting goods shops in the town you are visiting.
In Edinburgh, (I confess I mostly confine my time to relaxing at “Number 11”, and eating haggis at “The World’s End”) I always touch the statue of Adam Smith, like a gladiator returning to the Colosseum.
It’s a good town to explore but finding vintage firearms will be a challenge.
Note: if you travel through Dunblane, the church has magnificent wood carvings ( best I’ve seen in the western world) All done by two brothers before the Great War.
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Re: S Hofer Hammergun Left Hand
Lloyd3
04/25/24 08:20 PM
I'm not normally a German gun guy but....I like it. Six pounds six makes for a useful gun afield and being a southpaw makes it interesting to me to see that cheekpiece.
Have you shot it yet?
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Re: The pinfire game gun
AaronN
04/25/24 04:00 PM
Yeah it's the same idea. No idea if it was converted or made that way. But unlikely a pinfire cartridge would work with it. I have a handful of these, some of which are US patents. I did a short article on these some time ago, focusing on the pistol cartridges. This gun had an insert that allowed it to work also with pinfire cartridges. And some had a very tapered "pin" to allow it to work in existing 12mm revolvers:
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Re: Advantages of a Lefever over a Smith?
Jimmy W
04/25/24 02:27 PM
I can understand why the scalloped ones would have problems. I think I always just liked the looks of a boxlock, too. But that's just me. I don't mean to run down or ridicule someone else's admiration for certain guns. If I have I apologize for that. As I said earlier, the eye of the beholder. And I respect that. Thanks.
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Re: Update
BrentD, Prof
04/25/24 01:06 AM
Hey, Brent, we’re four months into the new year. How’s Gus’s recovery coming along? Gus is holding his own. No one really recovers from oral nonpigmented melanoma, but he is doing far better than expected by the vet. He is enjoying the spring, and we are taking everything one day at a time. Thanks for asking Take care of that pup. I know how wonderful a good dog is to have. 😊 He is right next to my chair. He had a good day.
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Re: RST
BrentD, Prof
04/25/24 01:05 AM
I just saw a listing for .410 AAHS Winchester empty hulls selling for $350.00/500 on GunBroker. That works out to $17.50/25 for empty hulls. I can buy loaded shells for less and then shoot them myself. Plus $19.50 shipping. Some of the current prices are insane. straight out of the gouger's handbook.....at a local lion's club gunshow, a few weeks ago, i saw a fellow with various primers marked $240 - 260 per thousand - don't want to sound unkind....but i hope he chokes on them. best regards, tom You can ask any price you want. Making a sale is an entirely different issue I will sell you CCI BR2s at $300/1000, but not a penny less. Any takers? Did not think so.
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Re: ISO Aime Maisonnial label
Ted Schefelbein
04/24/24 09:08 PM
You can try this: maiso@wanadoo.fr This is the last contact information I have for Michel, Grandson of the founder of the company. I last had contact in perhaps 2006 or so. He reads, writes and speaks English. This was an address for the firm: 13 rue Clement Forissier, Saint Etienne Since you likely won’t ever meet anyone who would argue with you about what the case label looked like, you could likely use the form from one of the catalogs. A graphic artist could probably work wonders with this: Best, Ted
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Re: Stock blank or firewood?
ClapperZapper
04/24/24 03:36 PM
Many tree slab cutters do the pressure injected resin technique to stabilize big table slabs. It follows bug runs, cracks unseen,crevices,worm holes, etc.
I’ve seen some videos where it was done by vacuum and also by gravity.
A highly figured blank might really respond to the treatment.
I’d impregnate it with ebony black resin and see how it shaped up before I discarded it.
Partly out of curiousity, and partly because synthetic and semi synthetic stocks are much more acceptable today.
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