Traditions Blunderbuss

GaNightTrain · May 25, 2015, 01:01 PM

What can anyone tell me about this blunderbuss? Says manufactured in Spain for Old Saybrook, CT. No luck finding details or a value for it .

Bishop Creek · May 25, 2015, 01:46 PM

Likely one of these:

http://www.oldsouthfirearms.com/trad...hotgunkit.aspx

Pahoo · May 26, 2015, 10:40 AM

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Likely one of these:

Yes Sir and this one is still fairly current and most of the ones I run into, are in kit form. If you look closely and I could be wrong, the lettering looks to be laser engraved. They will shoot !! ....

Be Safe !!!

darkgael · May 27, 2015, 06:45 AM

As Blunderbusses go, it has a narrow bore. .54" is about 28 gauge (IIRC). Historically, BBs were 12 gauge or larger.
This one here is about 14 gauge...flintlock as were most of them back in the day....and with a 14" barrel, a hoot to shoot.
Pete

There is a fair bit of misinformation in that advertisement from the catalog....Reference to conical bullets...accuracy would be very poor. Citing the flared muzzle as a way of increasing the spread of the pattern. The flare has nothing to do with the size of the pattern, only with ease of loading on a moving platform like the deck of a ship or on a stagecoach in the Scottish borderlands; it will pattern like a cylinder bored SG.

May 27, 2015, 06:45 AM	#4
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	BB As Blunderbusses go, it has a narrow bore. .54" is about 28 gauge (IIRC). Historically, BBs were 12 gauge or larger. This one here is about 14 gauge...flintlock as were most of them back in the day....and with a 14" barrel, a hoot to shoot. Pete There is a fair bit of misinformation in that advertisement from the catalog....Reference to conical bullets...accuracy would be very poor. Citing the flared muzzle as a way of increasing the spread of the pattern. The flare has nothing to do with the size of the pattern, only with ease of loading on a moving platform like the deck of a ship or on a stagecoach in the Scottish borderlands; it will pattern like a cylinder bored SG. __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member Last edited by darkgael; May 27, 2015 at 06:55 AM.

May 25, 2015, 01:46 PM	#2
Bishop Creek Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Posts: 566	Likely one of these: http://www.oldsouthfirearms.com/trad...hotgunkit.aspx