Feltwad Posted Thursday at 19:10 Report Share Posted Thursday at 19:10 There can be no doubt that the pinfire breech opening shotgun was the birth of the centre fire hammer shotgun we know today , after a short period for English gun making approximately 30 years it became more for the centre fire breech loader which saw many converted to centre fire also a lot of different pinfire opening patents were used on the centre fire . Pinfires were still made by the continental makers with 16 bore the most common for many decades and were still made in the middle of the 1900,s Some of the many pinfire opening patents that were used for centre fire breech loaders were th Joan's underlever, Needhams side lever, Erskines slide and tilt opener, Jefferies side opening barrels and many more , enclosed are some images of these Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted yesterday at 05:46 Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:46 Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil Posted yesterday at 07:46 Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:46 Very nice! Incidentally, if anyone wished to use their pinfire shotguns (obvs if they are safe to shoot) a friend of mine in the trade makes primed pin fire cases. I say primed as in they're live but you would have to load them. He may load some for you. Anyone interested then DM me for his details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted yesterday at 12:14 Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:14 Enclosed is a image of a unusual pinfire it is Continental 410 shotgun for 2 inch cartridge when the barrel is slide forward from the action it is ejected from the action Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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