5th Annual Double Gun Classic

brybenn said:
I may bring a project gun to get some ideas to see if its worth fixing. Not an entire restoration just brought back to shooter grade black powder bunny loads.
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I think that's a great idea.

I'm planning to bring a gun I just acquired a month or two ago. It is pretty rough compared to most of what mine are like but it's a good example of what I often start with.
 
are "triples" allowed at a double gun party?
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I look forward to seeing some interesting guns on Saturday.

To whet some appetites (I hope), anyone want to guess what patent action this is? It's a pinfire of course, and the maker is Reuben Hambling.

 
stefofthenorth said:
Is there any guidelines for what type of ammo that can be shot ie only #8 shot?
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This is copied from the club's website:

Target Loads", 1-1/2oz maximum, these can be in 12Ga, 20Ga, 28Ga or 410Ga
  • maximum shell size of 2-3/4 inch
  • shot sizes of 7-1/2, 8 or 9, nothing bigger
  • absolutely NO hunting loads are permitted
  • absolutely NO steel shot is permitted
 
VictoryXC said:
This is copied from the club's website:

Target Loads", 1-1/2oz maximum, these can be in 12Ga, 20Ga, 28Ga or 410Ga
  • maximum shell size of 2-3/4 inch
  • shot sizes of 7-1/2, 8 or 9, nothing bigger
  • absolutely NO hunting loads are permitted
  • absolutely NO steel shot is permitted
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Great thank you
 
1963beretta said:
That looks lovely..I’m going to venture a guess and say Crofts Patent action :)
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Correct! The action is a John Crofts patent rotating cam bolt single bite snap action (patent 1033 of 11 April 1866), and the action bar is stamped “Crofts Patent”. The right side of the lever is straight, while the left side is slightly curved. If you have Volume One of Crudgington and Baker's The British Shotgun, the action is described on pages 149-150, though not from an actual gun. Despite my best attempts, I've not found any evidence of, or heard of, another example.
 
Last year I brought a Blissett, a Holland, a Parker Field & Sons, a Westley Richards, a Boss & Co. (all pinfires), and a 14-bore Lancaster, if memory serves me. I won’t repeat any of the guns this year, and instead of the earliest designs, this year I’m going with best-quality, unusual actions, and rarity. Any guns by the same makers are different guns. This year’s line-up, barring last-minute changes, are 10 pinfires for fun, and two shooters hoping to vie for the Best-of-2019 award:

Double-barrelled 12-bore Needham patent side-lever bar-in-wood pinfire gun by John Blissett of London. 1864

Single-barrelled 12-bore double screw grip underlever pinfire gun by Boss & Co. of London. 1864

Double-barrelled 12-bore double screw grip left-hand underlever pinfire gun by Joseph Braddell & Son of Belfast, Ireland. @1865

Double-barrelled 12-bore push-underlever self-half-cocking pinfire gun by Cogswell & Harrison of London. 1864

Double-barrelled 16-bore “Lockfast” pinfire gun by James Dalziel Dougall of London. 1864

Single-barrel 12-bore double screw grip underlever pinfire gun by John Dickson & Son of Edinburgh, Scotland. 1867

Double-barrelled 12-bore double screw grip underlever pinfire gun by Harris Holland of London. 1863. Cased with loading tools.

Double-barrelled 14-bore pinfire gun, Bastin System, by the Masu Brothers of London. @1866

Double-barrelled 10-bore double screw grip underlever pinfire gun by James Woodward of London, converted from a Charles Moore pellet-lock.

Double-barrelled 16-bore Lefaucheux-lever pinfire gun by Jean-Baptiste Rongé et Fils, Liège, Belgium. Late 1860s.

The shooters:

Single-barrel 16-bore double screw grip underlever hammer gun made by Thomas Seymour of London (1841-1844), converted from percussion. Nitro-proof barrel.

Double-barrelled 12-bore early slide-and-tilt centrefire hammer gun by Charles William Lancaster of London. 1864. Cased, nitro-proof barrels.

Here’s hoping for good weather!

 
Oh Steve, that’s quite a line up!!

I’m going to lust after that single barrel Seymour. I just know it.

I’m bringing my single barrel J & W Tolley. Nice to know there will he others.
 
Pinfire, I know talking about gun boners is uncomfortable for all involved but...
at minimum a semi-chub just thinking about your lineup.

I'm bringing 3 new-to-"The Classic" shooters, plus the Jeffries from last year. Not shown in photo is a cute little 28 ga. restoration candidate. Sub 4 lbs 4 oz if you can believe it. The Horsley is in pristine condition - like Steve's guns all will be I'm sure.
From bottom: Henry Atkin, Thomas Horsley, Wm. Powell, Lincolne Jeffries.
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