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Since this is not a breech loader I'll keep it to it's own thread. A dream gun would be a SxS 20 ga, smoothbore flintlock, although this fellow has a 12 ga. Only watch the first half of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjIhUTbw5sAnd the second how not to load a muzzleloader. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en384qVqrug
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Reckon this would work for you? My W.H. Wilson 16 gauge from about 1815 or 1820. All original.  
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Joe,
Outstanding. I'm drooling.
Intersting to note about 15 years ago there was an incredible collection auctioned off here in Alberta, Canada. All muzzleloaders, over and unders, under hammers, revolving barrels, double flints, double percussion, etc.. I was not in the collecting game nor had the disposable income at the time. A number of serious collectors came up from Texas and took home quite a number of those guns. I talked to a few in Houston a few years ago and they said they were not warmly received since they bid the guns up and took them away from the locals.
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 Like this one. Holt's auction coming up. 20 Bore built 1790.
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Bit larger view.   Percussion conversion from flint  Reconverted back to Flint from percussion.
Last edited by KY Jon; 11/15/17 01:50 AM.
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You guys are making me sick - what great guns. Joe, that's just a beautiful gun. You certainly can be proud of that one. Paul
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Since this is not a breech loader I'll keep it to it's own thread. A dream gun would be a SxS 20 ga, smoothbore flintlock, How interested would you be in a 14 bore percussion gun (possibly french)? I love hammer guns, but I'm not a big fan of muzzleloading hammer guns for upland birds. But I do have a such a gun. If anyone is interested, I'll find picts and send Dave $10 if it sells.
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Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
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Most of my MZL rifles are flint, my Beretta O/U is percussion and has killed a lot of game, mostly ducks over the years. I would love to find a working double flint shotgun I could afford.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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About 20 years ago, I was living and hunting in Kansas...while I was out hunting, I drove by a guy who was hunting with a flintlock...I stopped and watched him out of curiosity...perfect timing because he was walking in on a point...a covey of quail flushed and he shot...the largest cloud of smoke Ive ever seen and then he shot again...I have no idea why he shot again, the smoke was so thick he couldnt have possibly seen another bird to shoot.....I lost the guy in the cloud of smoke...when it was all over and the cloud had dissipated...he yelled over at me asking if I saw any of the quail drop. That wasnt you was it, Joe??? :-)
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I have a 16 bore percussion Manton. I used to hunt wild quail and learned to squat quickly after the shot. I could usually see the quail drop under the smoke if I hit it. Great fun on a dove field early season.
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Not that time, LeFusil. But I have been in that position many times. When using black powder a hunting partner is indispensable to call the shots on birds. More than once I've taken a shot at a deer and immediately dropped to the ground trying to see under the smoke.
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