Arrived today. Over 24" from muzzle to point of ignition, 1.35" bore, it's a shotgun
http://www.robinhewitt.net/german.jpg
Made by some German Count to put on the walls of his schloss c1830.
That looks like one hell of a beast.
Clays or feather?![]()
"Improvise, adapt and overcome."
I can count to potato.
is it in proof?
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
Extremely unlikely... fortunately there is no requirement to have an antique gun in proof if you only want to shoot it![]()
But most clubs insist on guns being in proof if you want to fire it on a range.
Of course being m/l shotgun you can use solid shot.![]()
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
Not the clubs I belong to
Re-enacting would want it in proof though
Being a shotgun I can use it anywhere reasonable with the land owner's permission. For ball I could shoot it at Bisley who are H/O approved and have no MKE/bore limitation for BP only guns on most of their ranges.
Have to be a lead ball though, iron is a bit too risky without collosal windage.
Why do you want to shoot an historic piece? You can get modern repros that are safe to fire, and you won't be damaging a piece of history in the process.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone