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szihn
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Garden and Sons Stalking rifle
#286425 - 14/08/16 09:17 AM

Hello all.
I have information on a Garden and Sons rifle for sale. $3,000
It is marked Garden and Sons 200 Piccalilli London.

Here are some pictures of it.

If you are interested please e-mail Kathy at Rottsrus@wyoming.com

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Re: Garden and Sons Stalking rifle [Re: szihn]
#286439 - 14/08/16 12:19 PM

Rather nice - rough, but nice. Appears to be rifled for the 4 band, belted, mechanically fitted conical.
The length of the rear sight staff would indicate a rather bullet, not belted ball. I expect the twist would be 3feet or faster.
I would have been interested to parley on it about 6 months ago - mad money all gone now.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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szihn
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Re: Garden and Sons Stalking rifle [Re: DarylS]
#286440 - 14/08/16 01:12 PM

The rifling seems slow for bullets.
I am not certain what is was made for,but the twist seems to be for balls not bullets.

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Re: Garden and Sons Stalking rifle [Re: szihn]
#286459 - 15/08/16 02:27 AM

Interesting - with that sight. Of course back in the mid 1800's, the gun makers in England didn't have a great "handle" on rates of twist.

If made for a patched ball - fine. The stock geometry is typical and works well with hard kicking rifles. I really like it.

The drip rail and bolster are quite proud of the lock plate.

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Daryl

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