hafod Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: Well hopefully not outside of the square with Colonel Burnaby! no most definitely inside my friend well inside lol Edited August 28, 2020 by hafod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, hafod said: no most definitely inside my friend well inside make room for a small one lads lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, hafod said: Yeah looks like an Arab jezil flint lock musket believe it or not Sudanese tribesmen used these in great numbers at the battle of omdurman in 1898 i think it was image that up against nice new shiny 8 shot long lee metford/enfield rifles volley firing those nasty new dum dum bullets..... It makes you wonder why Corporal Jones still needed to use cold steel, which the enemy did not like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 9 hours ago, McSpredder said: It makes you wonder why Corporal Jones still needed to use cold steel, which the enemy did not like. yeah they don't like it up em see lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunman Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Its whats known as a B S A . Bits Scraps and Allsorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 10:35, Gunman said: Its whats known as a B S A . Bits Scraps and Allsorts There's been one of those in a local second hand shop window for months now Our local one is junk compared to that one god it must have been dragged by the camel after its owner got shot at omdurman lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Reminds of this I learned as a kid some fifty years ago "Arithmetic on the Frontier" "Two thousand Pounds of education, Drops to a ten rupee jezail." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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