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[DunRanull]

wired said: ↑
..Its one of the guns that removed the passenger pigeon scourge from North America..

I don't know if I'd classify the passenger pigeon as a scourge.. it was an endemic/native species of the Americas, like the Bison.. but way less meat.

I think wired was probably speaking rhetorically... as we so often do here.. I cannot imagine the swarms of those birds flocking across the country. Gotta wonder if our need for pesticides would be so great had the passenger pigeons been left alone..

 

[wired]

wired said: ↑
..Its one of the guns that removed the passenger pigeon scourge from North America..



I think wired was probably speaking rhetorically... as we so often do here.. I cannot imagine the swarms of those birds flocking across the country. Gotta wonder if our need for pesticides would be so great had the passenger pigeons been left alone..

Yes. It was a joke. Too soon I suppose.

 

[DunRanull]

Hello my friends, well I found out what I wanted to know about that gun how about another one. How about a William Ellis double? Thank you Dave

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Thanks for sharing these old family heirlooms with us. It has now reminded me of my Grandpa's old shottie which I should clean up and take to a gunsmith....

 

[Slobray]

Yes. It was a joke. Too soon I suppose.

You're damned right its "too soon", as they've only been extinct for a little over a hundred years.................., you insensitive bastard



Ray

 

[Stomper]

Ahem..... it's spelled "bassturd"... sheesh, publick skool.

 

[Dirtball Dave]

Now your onto something interesting. Thats a goose gun or commercial fowling piece. William Ellis is a legit English manufacturer and you might have a little value depending on the gauge. . Whats the bore on it? They made them up to 8 gauge. Its one of the guns that removed the passenger pigeon scourge from North America. Don't drop it on your foot.

Thank you for the information, always good to get a knowledgeable response in such quick time. Thanks again

 

[Dirtball Dave]

Your William Ellis shotgun was made and proofed in Birmingham, England, sometime before 1904. After that time it was easy to determine the date of proof from the lettering in and around the crossed sceptres.

The sceptres with BCP mean Birmingham Company Proof and those with the letter 'V' indicate the 'View' - a posh word of a close visual inspection.

Other numbers are assembly numbers, to keep the bits together during the final assembly process.

tac

Thank you, I am printing all the info received and rolling them up and putting in the barrel so it there for all to know. Appreciated!

 

[tac]

Sheesh and shucks......

tac