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Online Feltwad

Early British Percussion Shotgun
« 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
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #1 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....
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #3 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
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #4 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}

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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2015, 05:36:15 PM »
Thought this thread would have been more interesting to members
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2015, 08:11:37 PM »
I'm watchin!
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2015, 08:29:29 PM »
Beautiful shotgun!!!!!!!!!!!  :rt th
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2015, 03:39:22 PM »
I'm watching!  :toast
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #9 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...
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Re: Early British Percussion Shotgun
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2015, 03:18:36 AM »
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The gun is a 20 bore with 30 inch Damascus  barrels .
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