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• Posted in thread: Ranch rifle (plus Bond waffle) on 03/10/2009 at 9:00AM
  thanks Laufer, had not heard of Gunbroker - will check it out. Thanks too for taking the trouble to visit
  the weapons site - your comment is much appreciated!

• Posted in thread: Ranch rifle (plus Bond waffle) on 03/04/2009 at 4:34AM
  re Gene - Bond: Yes, in the films, you're right. I learnt that someone told fleming that the beretta was
  more of a ladies gun or something and he changed to a walther. I think it was in 'From Russia w...

• Posted in thread: Ranch rifle (plus Bond waffle) on 03/04/2009 at 4:31AM
  hi, thanks for all the replies! The serial number is 185-25204 so presumably a slightly later model (185)
  than those you mention. Good info in order to get an idea of date though.

• Posted in thread: Ranch rifle (plus Bond waffle) on 02/27/2009 at 10:02AM
  This (I believe) is a Ruger Mini-14 .223 'ranch rifle', with detachable magazine and folding stock. Any
  general info on this weapon would be helpful - are they still around and/or widely used in the U...

• Posted in thread: Old flintlock, mystery feature on stock on 02/27/2009 at 3:12AM
  ha! well, the 'beauty mark' is a big freckle but what the hell. As for the accent, yes, I spent at year
  at West Virginia University and must admit, there weren't many other British folk there and it l...

• Posted in thread: Old flintlock, mystery feature on stock on 02/26/2009 at 4:08PM
  yes Gene you're right it is a miquelet (sp?) mechanism, not snaphaunce, sorry - I wasn't clear on the
  distinction between the two. The gun's over on a different site at moment so will try to get hold ...

• Posted in thread: Whaling gun? on 02/26/2009 at 9:28AM
  yes, i agree with what you both mention about the practical uses of such a weapon on a ship. Beginning to
  think that maybe it had been originally used on the walls of the Nile forts the English took o...

• Posted in thread: Old flintlock, mystery feature on stock on 02/26/2009 at 6:27AM
  Me again.Thanks to all those who've posted such helpful replies to my previous posts.This is a pretty old
  gun - muzzle-loading snaphaunce carbine - but rifled. The snaphaunce was in use in Europe c.15...

• Posted in thread: Whaling gun? on 02/25/2009 at 7:19AM
  aye, thanks biff! So would this have been just any old percussion gun that they've then attached a swivel
  to? Or, because it seems far too long for a general service/infantry weapon at 1.7 metres, per...

• Posted in thread: Whaling gun? on 02/25/2009 at 3:54AM
  hi,can anyone help pin down this object we found in our museum stores? Apologies if this is posted in the
  wrong forum - could've gone under 'hunting' (if is for whaling) or 'curios' as well I guess. B...