Check your barrels.

David R · 21st October 2020, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Victrix

I’m sure that made their hobby even more popular with the wife!

I think they remained married, but every-time there was a disagreement between them, they would yet again enter the land of regret.

....." They were shooting, using the roof of Dad's car as a rest, and I deked around front to get around (between shots, running at a crouch, head down, of course; they do it in war movies all the time. I couldn't have been safer borne on the wings of angels). They served me notice that I was never to pull a stunt like that again. After that day, I took anything they said with respect to firearms as dogma to be obeyed without question."......

I used to hang around at a friendly local gun shop and many tales and much wisdom was imparted to me. Including the guy who exited the car door just has his friend on the other side shot across the car roof with a 12 bore! They never found enough of the head to put in the coffin.

Pukka Bundook · 24th October 2020, 04:00 PM

Hello David,

I think it was Major Noel Corry, Steeple Bumpstead, if I remember right.
He had a vast pile of ballast he had sent home.
A good few of his barrels were still loaded to some degree. The ones I bought were not, but our good friend Rudyard came by a few that way.
He had some very nice barrels, or at least they Had been.
The Galloping Major's barrels were Very reasonably priced!

David R · 24th October 2020, 09:41 PM

The very man indeed! I still have two of his barrels, one the aforementioned, and the other a rifled Damascus octagonal long percussion barrel.

We will never see the like of him again.

24th October 2020, 04:00 PM	#2
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Hello David, I think it was Major Noel Corry, Steeple Bumpstead, if I remember right. He had a vast pile of ballast he had sent home. A good few of his barrels were still loaded to some degree. The ones I bought were not, but our good friend Rudyard came by a few that way. He had some very nice barrels, or at least they Had been. The Galloping Major's barrels were Very reasonably priced!

24th October 2020, 09:41 PM	#3
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,116	The very man indeed! I still have two of his barrels, one the aforementioned, and the other a rifled Damascus octagonal long percussion barrel. We will never see the like of him again.