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  • Anyone know about guns?

    Could anyone tell me what sort of gun this is please - I'm useless at guns.
    Also would soldiers from WW1 have been able to keep their guns when the war was finished?


  • #2
    Looks like a Shotgun to me.
    Grampa Jim passed away September 2011

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    • #3
      Hi Trish, well he has a retriever dog and a hare in his hand, so likely a shot gun, but its unusual to carry it like that, a gamekeeper/sportsman would normally have it broken over his arm if he wasnt actually using it and it does seem very long. OH is a member of Vintage Arms Association, so when he gets back Ill show him the pic.

      I think soldiers were SUPPOSED to hand in their arms when they demobbed but there were an awful lot of guns floating around after both wars - I guess a few could easily go missing in the paperwork.
      Last edited by Heather Positive Thinker; 02-01-08, 13:32.

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      • #4
        Thanks Jim, a shotgun is just a shotgun is it? Is that where you get a double barrelled shotgun - looks like 2 bits on it to me

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        • #5
          Thanks Heather, my grandfather was no gamekeeper - more like a poacher:D:D

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          • #6
            my OH says it's a double barrelled shotgun, Trish

            Beverley



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            • #7
              Hi, hubby just walked in - and he reckons a double barrelled shotgun - certainly not a military weapon.

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              • #8
                Thanks very much, it looks enormous - bet it gave a good old kick when you pulled the trigger:D

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                • #9
                  Hi Trish
                  My OH thinks its a 12 bore double barrelled shotgun

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                  • #10
                    Oh heck, what's a 12 bore?

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                    • #11
                      I think that refers to the diameter of the barrels.

                      I expect someone here will know.
                      Grampa Jim passed away September 2011

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                      • #12
                        Thanks again Jim, that'll be the size of the bullets then.

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                        • #13
                          Just googled, cartridges not bullets. Full of lead bits.

                          Nobody put one of these things in my care for goodness sake!!!

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                          • #14
                            Just think what damage you could do your wee mouse with one of those, Trish

                            Beverley



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                            • #15
                              The mouse would probably escape - not sure about the house and garden though:D

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                              • #16
                                looks like a double barrel shotgun used on farms brenda xxx

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                                • #17
                                  And I would say the gun IS broken over his arm....


                                  You should, in theory, be able to trace a gun licence for him. They were pretty hot on this in the countryside (revenue, haha)

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                                  • #18
                                    I never thought of that OC, would a poacher have a gun licence do you think?

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                                    • #19
                                      OC guns have to be carried that way for safty reason brenda xxx

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                                      • #20
                                        Bren

                                        Someone said earlier in the thread that he was carrying the gun unbroken - I don't think he is.

                                        Nope, a poacher wouldn't have a gun licence - and he wouldn't use a shotgun for poaching either! Too big to hide when the gamekeeper catches you, too noisy in use. Poachers used snares and traps, not guns.

                                        I would think this is a legitimately held weapon, with a licence.

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