Vintage gun day at South Worcester

[oldfarmer]

Vintage Gun Day At south Worcester Shooting Ground

On Sat May 10^th anyone with an interest on old guns will be made most welcome at South Worcester Shooting Ground. Even better – if you have an interesting old gun (preferably pre 1914) then bring it along and show it off.

If you want to add it to the display you will need a padlock to secure it to the cord.

Experts Corner

David Baker and Lew Potter will be manning the ‘Experts’ corner and Lew will have his gauges with him if you need your gun checked out. David will also have some of his books which you will be able to purchase.

Opening Times

The day opens at 11.00am and the punt gun will be fired at 12.00 noon. You are welcome to chat as long as you like - as long as you go home in time for me to put kit away before the evening meal – so probably around 3.00pm.

Admission is FREE

There will be refreshments available.

Have a Go at Clay Shooting

I have 2 of my instructor who will be putting on a couple of Have a Go clay stands for novices – so let your family and friends know – suitable for 11 to 111 years olds as long as they are strong and robust enough to handle the various guns we have available.

Have a Go at Muzzle loading

A local black powder club will be hosting a stand for those of you who would like to experience the thrill of firing a black powder muzzle loading gun. They will have flint locks, percussion and breach loading guns for you to try out.

There will be a nominal charge for the Have a Go stands.

Shoot Your Own Gun

There will be 3 clay stands available for anyone to shoot their own guns at – as long as they are safe.

There will be a nominal charge to cover this.

Perrins Owners Club Bi-annual meet.

Members of the Perrins Owners Club will be putting on a display of their guns made between 1831 and 1892 in Worcester.

If you happen to have one then please bring it along and show us.

 

If you need any more information give me a call or for directions have a look at my web site.

www.swsg.co.uk – 01684 310605

 

[oldfarmer]

Hi Everyone . Yesterday we held our Perrins Owners Club meet and Vintagers Day here at South Worcester. It is always a worry about what will turn up – but we certainly weren’t disappointed.

David Baker and Lew Potter were on hand to cast an expert eye over the guns and give the owners as much information as they could. Several of the owners had a go at some of the clays so we had flint locks, percussion, pin fire and centre being used – no matchlocks this year! As usual we ran out of table space!

This 16 bore Perrins had just been bought the previous week by one of the members.

It is an exceptionally pretty semi or false hammer gun. Essentially it is a side lock hammerless gun with hammers attached to the tumblers to cock and un-cock the mechanism. I’m afraid my photograph doesn’t really do it justice.

Another fascinating find was this pin fire, again a 16 bore.

While we have seen several pin fires converted to centre fire this is the first Perrins that we have found that was originally a muzzle loader which was converted to pin fire. The owner had it in the loft but now he knows a little more about it he is having it completely restored and I am sure it will be a talking point on various pheasant days he takes it on next winter.

This was another very unusual gun if not unique. The owner thinks it was a one off gun made as a prototype which didn’t go into production – but perhaps you know differently? He still uses the gun regularly so the action has stood the test of time. You just push the button in to slide the bolt across to open the gun.

 

 

As soon as I get chance I will add a few more of the more interesting guns.

John