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Offline Feltwad

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Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« on: May 12, 2015, 12:28:37 PM »
Enclosed are three images of Bentleys  patent sxs muzzleloading shotgun which may be of interest to members .May I point out that this a muzzle loader and not a breech loader or a inline.
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2015, 12:54:00 PM »
Feltwad,
           Is'nt Bentley still around.Seems like I have seen that name,but associated
with something other than weapons,but also from the UK. :shake [/color]
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2015, 01:27:35 PM »
Quote from: "snake eyes"
Feltwad,
           Is'nt Bentley still around.Seems like I have seen that name,but associated
with something other than weapons,but also from the UK. :shake [/color]
Automobiles maybe?????
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2015, 01:29:23 PM »
Beautiful shotgun feltwad, thanks for the pics.  :rt th
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2015, 02:32:39 PM »
Feltwad,
Beautiful old side by side.
Not sure if I understand what you mean by centre Fire MuzzleLoader.
Can you give a little more info, please.
Thanks,
John
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2015, 03:16:11 PM »
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Feltwad,
Beautiful old side by side.
Not sure if I understand what you mean by centre Fire MuzzleLoader.
Can you give a little more info, please.
Thanks,
John
It is the postion of the nipples  take a closer look  at the image  they are centre to the barrels and  not has a angle of the typical percussion gun
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2015, 04:26:01 PM »
Thanks for the explanation.  In looking at it, I thought that might be what it was, but I guess I was also trying to make it more than it was.
I wonder why that design never really caught on?
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2015, 08:25:38 PM »
Quote from: "rollingb"
Quote from: "snake eyes"
Feltwad,
           Is'nt Bentley still around.Seems like I have seen that name,but associated
with something other than weapons,but also from the UK. :shake [/color]
Automobiles maybe?????
rb,
   Could be maybe. I was thinking some kind of hardware,or at least that is what
registers in the back of my head.
snake-eyes  :shake
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2015, 05:45:42 PM »
Kinda like a side-hammer inline...
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2015, 02:30:24 AM »
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Kinda like a side-hammer inline...
Definitely not an INLINE the idea of the centre fire was for a faster ignition.
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2015, 10:52:01 AM »
The action is not "in-line", but it sure puts the ignition in line with the powder! That was what I meant...
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2015, 05:15:06 PM »
Quote from: "Feltwad"
Quote from: "Riley/MN"
Kinda like a side-hammer inline...
Definitely not an INLINE the idea of the centre fire was for a faster ignition.
Feltwad :Doh!
Does this centre fire configuration provide faster ignition?
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Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2015, 03:11:43 AM »
nice shotgun

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