Traditional Muzzleloading Association

Traditional Firearms => Caplock Long Guns => Topic started by: Feltwad on May 12, 2015, 12:28:37 PM

Title: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Feltwad 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.
Feltwad
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: snake eyes 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]
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: rollingb 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?????
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: rollingb on May 12, 2015, 01:29:23 PM
Beautiful shotgun feltwad, thanks for the pics.  :rt th
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Bigsmoke 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
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Feltwad on May 12, 2015, 03:16:11 PM
Quote from: "bigsmoke"
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
Feltwad
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Bigsmoke 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?
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: snake eyes 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
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Riley/MN on May 13, 2015, 05:45:42 PM
Kinda like a side-hammer inline...
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Feltwad on May 14, 2015, 02:30:24 AM
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!
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: Riley/MN 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...
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: sse 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?
Title: Re: Bentleys Centre Fire Muzzle loader
Post by: rayb on May 16, 2015, 03:11:43 AM
nice shotgun

rayb