Muzzle Loading in Taiwan

**4V50 Gary** · September 4, 2022, 02:39 PM

Indigenous people of Taiwan may use muzzle loading to hunt with. Private firearm ownership is illegal except the indigenous may have muzzle loaders. They appear to be all in-line of domestic make. Got 40 min?

At 9:45 we see Mr. Lin making a gun. The Pakistanis who have a long tradition of making firearms are much more skilled. Instead of being screwed or pinned in, the barrels are welded onto the receiver and they use a 22 nail gun cartridge as the propellant for the 40 cal (10 mm ball). He also uses a hoseclamp to secure the action to the stock.

https://youtu.be/LStALMxDtdU

bladesmith 1 · September 7, 2022, 09:24 AM

In the 1960s I spent 18 months over there in the Air Force. I wasn't into shooting or guns that much back then so I never realized they couldn't own guns. I thought, even now, they had more rights and freedom. Here I thought they ran away from main land China to escape communist rule.

September 4, 2022, 02:39 PM	#1
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Muzzle Loading in Taiwan Indigenous people of Taiwan may use muzzle loading to hunt with. Private firearm ownership is illegal except the indigenous may have muzzle loaders. They appear to be all in-line of domestic make. Got 40 min? At 9:45 we see Mr. Lin making a gun. The Pakistanis who have a long tradition of making firearms are much more skilled. Instead of being screwed or pinned in, the barrels are welded onto the receiver and they use a 22 nail gun cartridge as the propellant for the 40 cal (10 mm ball). He also uses a hoseclamp to secure the action to the stock. https://youtu.be/LStALMxDtdU __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

September 7, 2022, 09:24 AM	#2
bladesmith 1 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2018 Posts: 240	In the 1960s I spent 18 months over there in the Air Force. I wasn't into shooting or guns that much back then so I never realized they couldn't own guns. I thought, even now, they had more rights and freedom. Here I thought they ran away from main land China to escape communist rule.