New Old Shooting Stuff:

Will FB remove my content yet again? - We will see.

I've been 'at it' again - buying antique Black Powder gear .. "Old Junk" as my ex would say

The double sided in-line capper, - tin of ELEY percussion caps, and the powder measure are part of one lot of stuff - while the pistol size Powder Flask was separate, as was the muzzle loading Pocket Pistol ..

All You Need Now Is an 'original' Box, eh Mate ..

I had to make a new stopper for the brass Powder Flask from a piece of pine dowel rod - as the cap was just flopping loose, - while the vendors description of two rusty percussion pistols said "in need of attention as non functional with seized triggers" - I got lucky with this one as - after drilling out the frozen top grip screw to remove the stock - I spotted that the main spring had slipped to the right and it now works positively like a bought 'un after levering the spring back to its central operating location.

This anonymous  "Muff" Pistol has no makers mark nor Proof stamps .. but has the number 46 stamped on the hammer, trigger guard, trigger, & box lock action. Interestingly this everyday old lump has a fixed barrel rather than a 'turn-off' - but the hammer is offset to the right for sighting through a tiny notch.

Yes I understand that I have RUINED any collector value by scraping-off all the rust, patina & filing gouges and by re-finishing it to some degree when restoring it's function .. but it was stuffed useless corroded scrap when bought and I prefer owning a decent WORKING antique. - The kids can throw it all away after the cremation party eh 😀

I'm not that concerned about the $$ value of these collectors items as most of the fun is in the fixing but I reckon these antique off licence pistols and percussion revolvers have risen in asking price by around 50% every year in the last few here in New Zealand - whereas used Registered firearms seem to have halved or worse in value, as licensed shooters drop-out and sell-off everything they treasured at a loss. - Makes them more affordable for the stickered recreational chemists I suppose ..

Life is Good eh,

Marty K.