Got yer eyeballs working good?

[5thBatt]

If he banned you for this post, just goes to show how small-minded the man is, not to worry, he banned me years ago, so you're in good company

[Mr303]

I think I got banned for this post, I can't post a question on his site, lol, too bad.

I wouldn't worry too much about being banned. How did he know your handle on trademe? I know its not RJW.

[Patrick Chadwick]

"The inclusion of soft-metal "blow-out" safety at base of breach ..."

I have never heard of such a thing. It would be a suicide item. That rifle would be dangerous to shoot.

"...probably indicates quality manufacture"

Quite the contrary IMOH: To my eyes that looks like pure Khyber Pass production - genuine muzzle-loading barrel, maybe originally flintlock, no, sorry, - note how the barrel becomes WIDER in front of the backsight, and has a band in a position where no-one would put such a thing, as it would weaken the barrel. But not to worry, the bands look to me as if they have been faked up and are not real inlay bands, which always have clean, straight edges.

So TWO shorter barrels joined end-to-end and hammered into submission as a percussion rifle and brewed up with whatever fragments of other rifles were lying around. Please note that it was offered as a wallhanger, not a shooter.

The seller is a local gent and well experienced with militaria, so his comments have worthiness.

Ermm, I presume that was intended as a joke?

[RJW NZ]

"The inclusion of soft-metal "blow-out" safety at base of breach ..."

I have never heard of such a thing. It would be a suicide item. That rifle would be dangerous to shoot.

"...probably indicates quality manufacture"

Quite the contrary IMOH: To my eyes that looks like pure Khyber Pass production - genuine muzzle-loading barrel, maybe originally flintlock, no, sorry, - note how the barrel becomes WIDER in front of the backsight, and has a band in a position where no-one would put such a thing, as it would weaken the barrel. But not to worry, the bands look to me as if they have been faked up and are not real inlay bands, which always have clean, straight edges.

So TWO shorter barrels joined end-to-end and hammered into submission as a percussion rifle and brewed up with whatever fragments of other rifles were lying around. Please note that it was offered as a wallhanger, not a shooter.


Ermm, I presume that was intended as a joke?

Good observations there and I think you're dead right, more and more interesting.

My comments were just to address that he had some experience with weapons, sometimes sellers of these types of thing are weapons unaware and eg selling deceased estate items, he does know Enfield and brit militaria. I'm not sure how to explain his description, I don't think of him as a deceptive seller, at least in my limited experience. My TM is Onyx or similar!.

[Patrick Chadwick]

he does know Enfield and brit militaria.

Then he should have recognized the SMLE backsight.

[muffett.2008]

That soft metal blowout comment probably means the weapon was a Deac, with a hole drilled through the bottom of the chamber, repaired with braze/weld or dare I say it, Solder.