I have been fortunate enough to acquire another Perrins. However this one is going to need a little TLC to get it back spitting fire. She is a 14 bore pinfire, sold originally between 1868 and 1879, so quite late on for pin fires as Perrins were already selling predominantly center fire shotguns by this time. I am sure the more observant among you will have noticed she is missing a couple of rather important bits ie the hammers. I have some on order to try out but i understand there are many different sizes so this could be a challenge. I am sure we will get there in the end. She will need her barrels re browned and then comes the problem of ammo. If anyone else has gone down the route of making their own from brass any tips would be appreciated. In the UK we have rather peculiar rules governing antique and vintage guns. If they are original rather than repro and are of 'obsolete' caliber, which includes all muzzle loaders and pin fires, they do not have to be on a certificate and can be hung on the wall as long as you don't intend to fire them. As soon as you want to fire them and acquire ammo you then have to have them entered on your shotgun certificate and locked away in a gun safe. If you decide not to shoot them anymore you can have them removed from your certificate and hung back on the wall.
The gun was obviously quite a high quality gun in it's day so I feel it is worth spending some time and money getting the old girl back in working order as the barrels and action and stock are in really sound condition.