Scully Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Have just been informed that Roaring Emma has been sold to a memeber of the Hull and East Riding Wildfowlers Association.If this is true then I hope its new owner and club members enjoy it immensely,and that JH is as content as he can be with the result,in his present circumstances.Guns such as these were meant to be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 did it achieve the asking price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Good question;will do some enquiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Yes I think so. In an incredibly generous act a long standing member of the wildfowling club bought the gun and donated it to HERWA. As JH wishes Roaring Emma will continue to be used for the purpose for which she was built, shooting grey geese on the foreshore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodit Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 And for those of us who havnt a clue wot is roaring emma?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigeonEater Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 yea im intrigued and couldnt find anything on the world wide web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 First link returned in Google was this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Roaring emma is a famous wildfowling gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 'Roaring Emma' is a big double eight bore wildfowling gun. She was owned by a chap named James Wentworth-Day who mentions this gun in a classic wildfowling book he wrote. The gun subsequently ended up in the USA, where many of our old big bores go even though they cannot be used, and was eventually bought and brought back to the UK by John Humphreys. Due to his ill health he decided to sell the gun but did not want it to go back to the USA or to sit unused in someones collection. By selling the gun to HERWA he has ensured it remains in this country and that it will continue to be used for wildfowling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 What with him being such an amabasador for shooting, you would like to think he would have just donated it, rather than selling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodylt1 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 So BASC did'nt raise the funds then! I think its great that the old gal has gone back to her roots, back to the wildfowlers where she belongs IMO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) What with him being such an amabasador for shooting, you would like to think he would have just donated it, rather than selling it. As much as he is a ambassador for shooting he is also a husband and father who is termally ill , I guess his first thought as most people in this situation is for the welfare of the family he will be leaving behind ,I would have thought he has given enough to shooting over the years without the need to donate part of his familys inheritance, fair play I say to him for getting his priorities right. Edited December 3, 2011 by fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 i read something about him being ill. whats wrong with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Throat Cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Throat Cancer and its terminal? bloody hell, thats ****. Thought they could treat that with good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 What with him being such an amabasador for shooting, you would like to think he would have just donated it, rather than selling it. He's terminally ill and trying to put his affairs in order. This includes I suspect trying to leave his family a few quid. Why should he give it away rather than leaving the money to his estate for the benefit of his wife and kids? I don't think he's particularly wealthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedark Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 He's terminally ill and trying to put his affairs in order. This includes I suspect trying to leave his family a few quid. Why should he give it away rather than leaving the money to his estate for the benefit of his wife and kids? I don't think he's particularly wealthy. Good call. Anyone know what BASC will do with the money they collected to buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 All money donated will be returned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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