fortune Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Would you ever set it back up as an active weapon or is it beyond safe limit? where would you get fulminate from these days other than from dismantling primers ( tricky) and I bet that was a bit of a game loading it into those narrow copper tubes. A nice old piece.of history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 The gun is still in a safe condition, has for the tubes I know the person sadly he has now passed away used to say extracting the fultimate could be a dangerious job for which he worked with the components under a protective shield of glass . Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Alfred Clayton made some of the best balanced punt guns ever made and his big bore shoulder guns, such as this one, all handle superbly. He used a barrel profile not seen in the subsequent Birmingham made big bore muzzle loaders that put the weight nicely between the hands. Is this one relief bored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Alfred Clayton made some of the best balanced punt guns ever made and his big bore shoulder guns, such as this one, all handle superbly. He used a barrel profile not seen in the subsequent Birmingham made big bore muzzle loaders that put the weight nicely between the hands. Is this one relief bored? Alfred Clayton built this gun when he moved from Lymington Hants, to Southampton Hants in business here from 1855-57 at 133 High Street ,so that I would say this is when this gun was built which is towards the end of the percussion era , yes it is reliefed bored. Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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