Blackpowder Bob

Lovely partridges and such fun with a non-rebounding, hammer black powder gun. Gave everyone a great deal to talk about - I even found myself apologetically insisting "there's nothing wrong with an over under ...."!. There's not - is there? have fun Bob

Feltwad My gun was made by Joseph Harkom (Edinburgh). I used to live there before moving to SW. If you're in the NE is yours made by Pape? He made some lovely guns. Still I guess that even in the early days they mainly started life as a bag of bits from around Birmingham. U Cleaning is all part of the day. Nowhere near as bad as everyone else seems to think. Comes under the heading of 'don't knock it if you haven't tried it'. Will be shooting partridges this weekend. Have fun. Bob

I used a muzzle-loader when sharing a peg with one of my sons. They got most of the shooting and had to learn their shooting manners ("too low", "not your bird" etc). Find me a teenage boy (of whatever age) who does not love the smell of gunpowder. I have shot with a hammer gun for many years (under lever and non-rebounding locks) but only moved to BP when I stopped smoking. Putting a lit pipe in the same pocket as my cartridges is fine with nitro but would not be a recipe for a long life with BP cartridges! Have a good season. Bob

Hi - new to this forum but not to black powder. In this thread there are those that wonder why use BP? Might as well ask why do some use a 28 bore rather than a 12. Having used a muzzle loader for very small days for the last 5-6 years I decided to use black powder cartridges in a hammer gun for most of my driven days last year - which are all quite low volume days. It is fun, it's noisy and dirty, its a conversation piece, it adds to the day. It is a bit like driving an old car, it still gets you from A to B, but with a smile when it has all worked. Yes - unless you load your own, the