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lancaster
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good pinfire
      #258568 - 04/01/15 06:49 AM

Belgian Pinfire, ELG - Liege, Belgium. Calibre 12/65. Mahogany case with loading accessories, cartridge holster and ramrod
Lot number: 3639872 http://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/belgian-pinfire-elg-liege-belgium-calibre-12-65-mahoga/i3639872/

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Sporting gun, Belgisk Pinfire, ELG - Liege, Belgium. Calibre 12/65 in mahogany case with loading accessories, cartridge holster and ramrod. Case supplied with plaque with a former owner's name, Carl Georg Pfeiff (Swedish nobleman 1849-1895). Serial no.: 6671. Barrel L.: 76 cm. Total L.: 117 cm. Clean action with rich floral engraving. English grained walnut stock with distinct chequering and clean metal butt plate. Age related traces of wear inside the barrels. In mechanical working order with no other significant signs of wear. Hunting licence or collectors' licence required.


























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Re: good pinfire [Re: lancaster]
      #258651 - 06/01/15 12:09 AM

Wow! Very nice!

Interesting storage of the pinfire cartridges. Never owned one myself, so had never given any thought to the business of safely transporting the shells.

lancaster, may I inquire as to the purpose of the the shortened green cartridge? A blank? A dummy to test the locks? No need for snap-caps on a hammer-gun....

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Re: good pinfire [Re: Marrakai]
      #258654 - 06/01/15 01:12 AM

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Interesting storage of the pinfire cartridges. Never owned one myself, so had never given any thought to the business of safely transporting the shells.




Are they more sensitive to transport? Why? Thanks.

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Re: good pinfire [Re: NitroX]
      #258661 - 06/01/15 03:10 AM

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Are they more sensitive to transport? Why? Thanks.


If you drop them or something drops on the pin, they may go BANG!

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Re: good pinfire [Re: NitroX]
      #258662 - 06/01/15 03:16 AM

the short green case? no real idea, dont make sense
short blank cartridges were made once with maybe 30-40mm long shells. a short "bullet cartridge" will not be right because this is clearly a birds gun and not some kind of big game killer.

if pinfire cartridges are dangerous because of the pin??? thats a good question but I never heard of any accident because a cartridge fell on a hard surface. they had a mistrust against this cartridges once because old catalogs before the great war told you pinfire cartridges were not ship by post but only on railway to your next railway station where you had to pick up the ammo. but loaded shotgun cartridges were not the norm anyway. this was the gun for man's growing up with muzzle loader so they bought primed shells and load the ammo at home.

btw, I have load and shot 16 ga pinfire for years and you will be certainly more careful while handling these.

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