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Traditional Firearms => Caplock Long Guns => Topic started by: Feltwad on January 04, 2015, 05:42:45 AM

Title: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Feltwad on January 04, 2015, 05:42:45 AM
Enclosed are images of  John Gardner of Newcastle , England patent of an early type of percussion system  for the use of steel top hat caps  of the period 1815-20. The locks are built on a flintlock barrel system using the drum and nipple  priciple  but not a conversion
Feltwad
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Riley/MN on January 04, 2015, 07:38:21 AM
Pretty cool. I imagine they were still figuring out what to do with the percussion caps during this period in time....
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Feltwad on January 06, 2015, 07:07:40 AM
At this period there was strong competition from different types of  ignition using the fultimate compound ,such has the Scent Bottle lock , the Patchlock , the Tubelock, and finally the percussion cap.
Feltwad
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Bigsmoke on January 06, 2015, 11:28:36 AM
Feltwad,
That is a beautiful shotgun.
Any chance to get a photo or two of the entire thing?
What an exciting time that was in the development of firearms.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
John
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Feltwad on January 06, 2015, 03:24:35 PM
Bigsmoke
Enclosed are another  3 images including a full length one.Notice the extra long extension of the butt {Image Three}

Feltwad
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Feltwad on January 09, 2015, 05:36:15 PM
Thought this thread would have been more interesting to members
Feltwad
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Riley/MN on January 09, 2015, 08:11:37 PM
I'm watchin!
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: rollingb on January 09, 2015, 08:29:29 PM
Beautiful shotgun!!!!!!!!!!!  :rt th
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: greyhunter on January 10, 2015, 03:39:22 PM
I'm watching!  :toast
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: sse on January 13, 2015, 09:11:55 PM
And 200 hundred years of the flinter era comes to a close...

I'm guessing a 12 bore shown here...
Title: Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
Post by: Feltwad on January 14, 2015, 03:18:36 AM
sse

The gun is a 20 bore with 30 inch Damascus  barrels .
Feltwad