Show off your muzzleloading shotguns

[chasseur]

Here's mine

Pedersoli Mortimer flint
Pedersoli Baker
Investarms gallyon also known as the euroarms magnum Cape gun

I also plan on adding the new pedersoli double flint down the rod

 

[Londonshooter]

Tagged so I can find again.
Nice guns and photos - great idea for thread!
Shot my percussion cap sxs for first time couple weeks ago. Had so much fun that another is on the way in the mail. Pics to follow.
Looking forward to seeing what others are shooting.

 

[tiriaq]

16ga James Wilkinson, September, 1822.

Cogswell and Harrison 12 gauge, ca. 1870.

English 14 gauge gun (post 1855 proofs, so fairly late) compared with Belgian 8 gauge.

 

[mooncoon]

this is from a display I put on for our annual wild game banquet last night. Will try to dig up some close-ups later

cheers mooncoon

 

[mooncoon]

this second one is made by H Egg who was either the son or grandson of Durs Egg. The son and grandson both had the same name and I think both made guns.

cheers mooncoon

 

[tiriaq]

British lockmakers did remarkable work.

 

[powderman]

Sure a nice looking shotgun you got there, tiriaq.

 

[mooncoon]

strange, that little ring piece on the lockplate that surrounds the vent. I don't think that I have ever seen one before

cheers mooncoon

 

[tiriaq]

strange, that little ring piece on the lockplate that surrounds the vent. I don't think that I have ever seen one before

cheers mooncoon

That ring fits against the barrel; the frizzen is fitted to the ring. Part of the "waterproofing" of the lock, I suppose. There is a tight fit between the lock and barrel, and the fit of the frizzen never changes, nor can it scuff the barrel.

The wood at the breech is overlaid with silver to protect it.

 

[Londonshooter]

Hardly could be called a collection, maybe early phase of an addiction?
Top one is 14 bore from London, d.o.m 1849. Bottom gun from Ipswich Suffolk in 10.

LS

 

[mooncoon]

they are in beautiful condition; thanks for posting

cheers mooncoon

 

[Londonshooter]

Thanks MCoon, I love the striking pattern of the barrels on your Purdey! Also have a serious want for a high condition flintlock like that Wilkinson. One of my mentors competes with similar guns at the nationals in Indiana.

 

[mooncoon]

The Purdey has vented breach plugs meaning that there is a small hole in the center of each "blow out plug" For a right handed shooter, the right barrel is not a problem but the left barrel lightly peppers my forearm. I would replace it with a solid plug but there does not appear to be enough metal to thread a solid plug into. I think the original reason for the hole was that it was supposed to reduce back pressure when the cap went off and therefore get more flame to the powder

cheers mooncoon

 

[catnthehatt]

These get hunted every year.
The O/U is a Berreta tri centennial model 1000 made in 19800 for their 300 year anniversary
The underlever was my Granddad's 16 gauge Lafaucheux that I had a friend restore back to hunting condition
Although not a muzzle loader it is pretty cool!

This one is my Son's gun which was bequeathed to him by my father
We bought it for Dad in 1967 for Father's Day- shoots as super as it looks!
Cat

 

[mooncoon]

Wish I had spots to hunt pheasant like that around here. The gun below is a strange one. Wide ribs must have been a localized fad somewhere for a while because I have only seen one other complete gun, made by McNaughton if my memory is correct, and I have a second set of barrels similar to this gun but the rib is about 1/8" narrower

cheers mooncoon

 

[catnthehatt]

I remember that shotgun Mooncoon and the discussion we had about the striking similarity of the ribs and the engraving on my son's gun and yours although they are two different makes!!
Cat

 

[WR1894]

Here are some of my shotguns, top gun is a Samuel Nock, second is a Barrnet converted from flint then a Trulock and sons and last is a French gun made buy Houdier.

The back locks on the Trulock are a different style them most back locks and the locks off the French gun show good quality

 

[mooncoon]

I think the inside of some of the better locks are as attractive or more so than the outside. One thing that I do wonder about is the range of quality of guns made by Nock and other makers. I did some work on a single barrel Nock several years ago and the inside while not spectacular, was still quite a bit better than average. More recently I bought a gun with just Nock on the locks and on the inside they were just average Birmingham locks. Both guns had British Proofs on them, which leaves me to wonder if Samuel Nock produced both run of the mill guns plus high quality or if mine was a relative of Samuel?

cheers mooncoon

 

[WR1894]

The lock on the Nock is not a top quality lock but better then the average one.

 

[mooncoon]

Terrible photos plus I still have challenges with Imgur. The first two photos are of a single barrel Nock fowler that the owner did not want to trade to me :>( :>( The third photo is of the right and left locks on the double that I hope to make a flinter out of. The original barrels are too thin and too rough to bring back to functional but hope springs eternal.

Main point is that the first lock is a lot more ornate inside than the second gun. I suspect that at least some of the famous makers may have made some economy grade guns because there was probably a bigger market for them and it may have been easier to get paid for them. I am under the impression that some of the "wealthy" class dragged their feet quite a bit when it came to paying for what they ordered. Also just noticed that there are actually 3 different Nocks in this post; the first one is clearly Samuel Nock, the second one is H Nock and the final one is just Nock

cheers mooncoon