Underdog Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I went to load and poop! I had forgot to put my powder flask in the bag the night before Walk back to the car, get in car, go home , get flask! Well I was so hot, the weather is so warm. I don't remember a December so warm! I missed one cock bird, missed a hen bird, missed a partridge and missed a rabbit too, Jess worked the rabbits. I took feather off a cock bird and spent an hour searching for him! I passed on the woodcock. Sounds abysmal I know but it is very difficult with a flintlock. I did have an ace day. In the woods and farm land, three pieces of land all joined the owners granting me total freedom. Priceless. I found some fox tracks, first in ages! I sneaked up on a wood pigeon and found a late pheasant returning to its roost so emptied the gun on him, turns out to be an old bird so will need a house brick to cook him with! Here are the photos. Lunch break. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Well done U love the pics you put up. nice seeing old guns etc atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm looking at that last pic thinking to myself, did you use to play drums and go by the name Phil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm looking at that last pic thinking to myself, did you use to play drums and go by the name Phil ?Nope, don't even like the music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Great pic of your dog is it a bedlington collie greyhound by any chance :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Great pic of your dog is it a bedlington collie greyhound by any chance :good:Beddi on a whippet cross of sorts I am told.U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Great mate, keep it up..... Tedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Another great write-up and pictures U - please keep them coming . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby199 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Fantastic, I have a doglock musket and really must take it out at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Fantastic, I have a doglock musket and really must take it out at some point.You should as I would like to know what they are like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks like you had a good day UD I would have shot that bag next to the dog looks like it needs a good load of 4s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Good report as usual U, keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 A stand of flintlock shotgun most original Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Very impressive FW, very expensive too. Thanks for showing. They look amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 A 2 bore bank gun no good for game shooting used on the sand dunes or the sea wall for shooting small waders feeding along the incoming tide better known by the Victorian fowlers has tools of the trade. Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 The lock looks huge! What size flints does it use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 This is a nine inch lock fitted with a dog catch and takes a large musket flint Maker Blyth Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGoose75 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nice photos Underdog,That Old Cock would look well on the Mantlepiece..A fine Bird with a nice long tail. Thats a great piece of Wildfowling history you have there Feltwad..By your decription of its former use would i be correct in guessing it was used at Wells-next-the sea..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I would say that this gun was used on the Wash but when I bought it in the 1980,s along with a couple of punt guns they were used on Grafham Water. Feltwad Fowling guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 What a collection and still in use. Makes my modern stuff look boring. Thx for great pics. What is the third gun down in the rack? Its stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 It is a 4 bore percussion with a 42 inch barrel, the lock is engraved Gordon of Monkwearmouth Sunderland Co Durham Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGoose75 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I would say that this gun was used on the Wash but when I bought it in the 1980,s along with a couple of punt guns they were used on Grafham Water. Feltwad Fowling guns <script pagespeed_no_defer="">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=a5d25f67f972f8341f2fb5b9725902d2&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=326743&p=2968825&md5check=b8e86667a31c0cc4be91e66929bc7d24&isRte=1,B6nXayd9mu,true,false,tjFczzMpdmo');//]]></script> &&0 Wow' What a lovely collection of Old fowling pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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