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Well, sort of. I do quite a bit of mole catching for people locally who have a problem. I caught this one yesterday which is a very rare variant. I've never seen one before and unlikely to again. Currently in the freezer with a view to a visit to a taxidermist.

Well, sort of. I do quite a bit of mole catching for people locally who have a problem. I caught this one yesterday which is a very rare variant. I've never seen one before and unlikely to again. Currently in the freezer with a view to a visit to a taxidermist.

Great dogs. Great characters and very versatile. I use them for all types of shooting and deer tracking. One I had was a brilliant rat catcher too.

Check this out that has come up for sale: https://www.henrykrank.com/a-stunning-flintlock-display-rifle-by-tatham-fpmr402/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Tatham%27s%20Stunning%20Flintlock%20Display%20Rifle&_kx=wg88ibWBykbwOup13wEy6V4dj4UktqX7hljar0G-JfHTZBAVRt7dQnPBD...

Check this out that has come up for sale: https://www.henrykrank.com/a-stunning-flintlock-display-rifle-by-tatham-fpmr402/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Tatham%27s%20Stunning%20Flintlock%20Display%20Rifle&_kx=wg88ibWBykbwOup13wEy6V4dj4UktqX7hljar0G-JfHTZBAVRt7dQnPBD...

I have decided on Holly for a name. This is the old dog on the left called Bramble and on the right is the pup's Aunty called Beatie.

Just bought my 7th. Chesapeake and will be picking it up next month. I still have number 5 and 6. Number five is 14 1/2. She's still working with good nose and eyes but the ears no longer work. Number 6 is six years old and the Auntie of number 7. The one with the pink collar is the one I chose. Six...

Three grains of Red Dot come out about right. Ballistics are similar to what can be obtained with .32 S&W Long and some Rook rifles can be re-chambered and re-rifled for that round which is an easier loading prospect. I've mustered up enough old factory stuff t keep me going for quite a bit. tho...

A selection of Rook Rifle cartridges: the .45ACP on the left is for comparison. The .300 round is third in from the right. Sometimes also referred to as the .295 Rook. Note the Express type sights on the top rib of the combination.

I thought it about time I got posting again after a rather busy year. This is another one of my 'Derby' made guns and is rather unusual as it is a combination gun. That is a double barrel with both barrels being of a different calibre. Many such guns were made in Britain for the South Africa trade a...

No problem. I England such guns do not command what they are really worth. It came up at Auction a couple of years ago. I put in a commission bid of £200 and was outbid by two others and it went for £240. The winner of the bids was someone I knew and he later was not too bothered about it so offered...

Very difficult Bigslug. It seems that the records have gone astray for this Maker but no doubt he would have recorded from whom he purchased the barrelled action and who would have been the Outworker responsible for the engraving. I am having difficulty in dating this one. Proof marks only indicate ...

I thought I would check in and post another gun from my collection of guns by Derby makers. This one is by William Ellis who traded from a workshop attached to his house at 34, St. Albans Road, Derby. Brown's 'British Gunmakers' has him trading from 1955 to 1976 which makes him the last of the Derby...

Rugerfan, 8 Gauge shotgun cases run in a wide variety of lengths; never understood why. The shortest is the 3 1/4", then they go up in 1/4" increments through 3 1/2", 3 3/4", 4" and 4 1/2". You should be able to trace a 10 Gauge cartridge the shortest here were 2 5/8&qu...

Elk Creek, most of those guns for cleaning the slag off the inside of kilns etc. are 8 gauge and fire a 3 ounce slug. They are made by Remington, Winchester, CIL and Fiocchi and possibly others. I use these as a source of cases for my 8 bore shotguns. There is a step in the case head to prevent thei...

Thank you for your kind messages. Don't worry Freezer I'll get posting again as time permits.

Sorry for not posting for a while but the death of my younger brother in May has been taking up a lot of my time recently sorting all his affairs out. Anyway, I should start to have a bit more time so I thought I would post this: I have been collecting a few things and bought up some old cartridges ...

Enough to wake the neighbours!

I intend to test it out next week. I forgot to add that the peg on the chain is the safety device that can be inserted into a hole in the vertical shaft.

It has had some work done on it in relation to a re-brown of the barrels and the stock refurbished and re-chequered. The action has been [polished as it would most likely have been case colour hardened. Just pleased to find one in decent condition. I will take it to the next black powder club shoot ...

As I posted in the piece about the Dobson & Rosson shotgun; seeing this Dealer always ends up with me parting with money. This is a Gamekeeper's Anti-Poaching alarm gun. Known as a 'Breech Loading long Drop Downward Firing Alarm Gun'. This example in in 12 bore and possibly made by John White Ma...

A couple of week's ago I posted a thread on a Rosson of Derby shotgun as I collect guns by Makers local to me and mentioned my quest for an earlier example when Charles Rosson was in partnership with Robert Dobson. Today I managed to obtain an example for my collection. A double 16 bore hammer gun w...

Thanks. I've started to post a few and I have plenty more in the pipeline.

Bolt action shotguns in the larger gauges are not found very often in the U.K. but I remember some time back having a play about with one which I think was a Mossberg with a box magazine and a screw adjustable choke. The other I had a play with was called a Marlin 'goose Gun' with a great long barre...

Thank you. I'll add something else from the dark depths of my gun cabinets soon. Sorry no interesting pistols as such; just shotguns and sporting rifles.