|
|
|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics40,344
Posts574,147
Members14,700
| |
Most Online32,084
Jun 14th, 2026
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,859
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,859 |
A beautiful gun but one of the photos has made me curious, it appears the gun has a POW grip. Isn't that rather odd for that old a gun?
Steve
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,531 Likes: 20
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,531 Likes: 20 |
Any one of us should be so lucky as to still be hunting rabbits at age 160. That's a lovely old gun and I hope you enjoy it for many years.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071
Sidelock
|
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071 |
A beautiful gun but one of the photos has made me curious, it appears the gun has a POW grip. Isn't that rather odd for that old a gun?
Steve Last week I managed to find a pic of one that also showed a POW grip. Of course now I can't find the pic.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071
Sidelock
|
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071 |
Thanks for the link. I shall get one ordered.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 4,598
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 4,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,737
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,737 |
Nice double, and if it's your first percussion muzzleloader you're in for some fun. I simply love them and so far have managed to acquire 5 shotguns and one double rifle.
Steve, you're correct, the POW grip seems to be rare on these guns. As an aside, the Westley Richards 12 bore I bought from Tony Treadwell has a POW grip, but I'm very suspicious of this gun as it also has a raised cheekpiece, (some would say "Monte Carlo") which leads me to think this "shotgun" was originally a double rifle.
If anyone could come up with a documented percussion double shotgun with such a stock my suspicions would fade.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 753
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 753 |
but I'm very suspicious of this gun as it also has a raised cheekpiece, (some would say "Monte Carlo") which leads me to think this "shotgun" was originally a double rifle.
or - we could ask to see the proof marks - but i see a shotgun in the pics
Last edited by OH Osthaus; 02/18/14 10:41 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 488 Likes: 89
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 488 Likes: 89 |
A beautiful gun but one of the photos has made me curious, it appears the gun has a POW grip. Isn't that rather odd for that old a gun?
Steve I have a 148 year old breech loader (March 6, 1866) that has a pistol grip. Based on the shape of the back action locks it was built as a pistol grip gun. I believe that more pistol and POW grip guns were built early on than we generally think.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071
Sidelock
|
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,071 |
Nice double, and if it's your first percussion muzzleloader you're in for some fun. I simply love them and so far have managed to acquire 5 shotguns and one double rifle.
.
No, not my first. I have a James Burrows 12 bore and a J. Grainger 12 bore as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
