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Sitting looking through some old Shooting Times Magazines, as storm Dennis is hitting my windows,  I came on this advert for Colin Willocks single punt, and his Double Barrel Four Bore, as used in his book  "The Punt Gun Adventure " £75 No Offers .    I wonder what it would fetch now, in this day, and age.

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Or this had me drooling a cased  double barrel  muzzle loading 9-bore with all tools etc. 

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23 minutes ago, moongeese said:

Sitting looking through some old Shooting Times Magazines, as storm Dennis is hitting my windows,  I came on this advert for Colin Willocks single punt, and his Double Barrel Four Bore, as used in his book  "The Punt Gun Adventure " £75 No Offers .    I wonder what it would fetch now, in this day, and age.

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Or this had me drooling a cased  double barrel  muzzle loading 9-bore with all tools etc. 

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If only it was closer

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The punt and gun were separated, and the punt stored in a bus depot. Willock seems to have lost interest. Eventually the boat was sold to the South Solway area where it was modified somewhat and used with a 1 1/4" gun. Apparently the boat was very light and a bit lively on firing. Eventually the owner died or gave up. The gun went via auction to East Anglia and the punt to the Dumfries area. This must have been some 12 or more years ago.

The outfit was used but not owned by a chap who posted (and still does) as lsdt01on the now nearly defunct Wildfowling Forum.

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3 hours ago, Pushandpull said:

Not sure I follow that comment harrycatcat, as you seem to have been posting out there in the wilderness pretty recently.

I couldn't get on this morning and it wasn't even on view so I thought that it was over.

I think it would be a shame for it to finish even though it is as you say a wilderness.

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  1. peterrobson273@gmail.com     double 4 bores cheap money those days its the weight off them as well doubles especially got to learn to shoot them well not straight forward  the late mr myres was the man to shoot these big bores in double four bores told me 30 years ago purchased a gun off him never fired a one before but said when you learn where to point it its devastateing a lot of people just think bang and a goose not so its all about lead once you have masterd it it is truly devastateing as mr  myres said
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19 minutes ago, Peterr said:
  1.    double 4 bores cheap money those days its the weight off them as well doubles especially got to learn to shoot them well not straight forward  the late mr myres was the man to shoot these big bores in double four bores told me 30 years ago purchased a gun off him never fired a one before but said when you learn where to point it its devastateing a lot of people just think bang and a goose not so its all about lead once you have masterd it it is truly devastateing as mr  myres said

 

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