Thread: Reloading for black powder

gun arrived and its a beauty butttttt!!! . The ribs and barrels have come unstuck and need reattaching $1000 --the stock is a refurb or new and very nice buttttt cast hard right not straight as told, you guessed im a cack hander .Anyways in short of to Robert Dollimore for a consult to see if its worth doing as the now price due to this has become very attractive .The scrolling is nice also but the pics are nicer than reality as the action inst as silver bright as what ive posted ........

Was there rust/pitting under the ribs or clean?

tomorrow we will do a quick survey for barrel wall thickness and to see its in proof and then discuss altering the stock.If ....if..if these things are all good and Mr Dollimore says its worth throwing a little at it i will . if not it goes back to the seller. I like it and hope its worth the effort

Make sure he takes you into his gun room! Drool drool drool!

Here a couple auctioned at Christies in 1995

i had a very good few hours with Robert Dolimore today and learnt alot! We decided not to proceed to do more with this gun at this stabe as the potential for heavy rust pitting once the barrels are taken off the ribs was great and as i haven't paid for it yet we laid it to rest . its a shame as the action on this gun is very nice

Get some new barrels made! Rob priced a total refurb on my William Evans inc new stk at 15k asked what it would be worth finished and he estimated 10k so that was a dead duck! Rob is an amazing craftsman looking at some of his work and it's a privilege to spend some time with him, especially in that gun room!g

Glad you took some of the advice above on board and didn't get stuck with a lemon!

There was a Powell in his lock up that fitted me like a glove - Could spend hours in his workshop! Maybe be better off buying something hes already restored, like that pair of Westley Richards he has (had?). Nice and short in the stock, ready for a man of your stature

yes that pair was nice and affordable but to much cast to bend for a lefty .Robert is going to make a few calls to see if he can find something for me . the trip was well worth while for sure and his advice invaluable

funny also yesterday i met gappedaxe of the forum in person . he happens to be habour master , medical officer , security for the tarawera area he is in . He saw my setters in the car and saig hey i know you! nice to meet him in person

Another forum good dude!

Are you actually left eye dominant?

He's one for your quail! 4" bore!

When I loaded for my 16 gauge bp using plastic hulls I sealed the overshot wad in place with a run of PVA glue around the outer edges of the wad.
The PVA is normally not suitable for gluing the plastic used in shotgun hulls but I never had a wad come loose.

Good test was after firing just one barrel with a side by side, all the shot didn't run out of the second barrel when the gun was lowered due to the wad being disloded. Seen thus happen to other shooters.

Don't think the PVA would be suitable with brass hulls though.

Back in the day they roll crimped over the overshot wad with the original cardboard type hulls.

couple of dabs of $2 shop nail polish will hold most things in place.