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Hammers Back The official Newsletter of The Vintagers (Australian Chapter) Issue No. 59 March 2016 Vintagers (Order of Edwardian Gunners (Inc.) No. A003954D 1 Content Page 1 Committee of Management 1 2016 Shoot Calendar 1-2 President’s Report 2-3 The story of my William Evans SxS Part 2 3 Website access for Hammers Back 4 Etiquette, Courtesy and common decency 4-7 W Richards # 3016 7 Buying and selling of Firearms online 7 Members articles wanted! 8 Travelling with Firearms 9-15 Classifieds 16 A Vintager (Literally) Shoot Calendar 2016 Saturday 30 th April 2016 MCCCTC vs Vintagers at Kilmore F&GA The “Greenvale Cup” Sunday 15 th May 2016 Western Port F&GA (an invitation to the late Mark Brenton side-by side Memorial shoot) Not Vintagers event; Black Powder most welcome Sunday 12 th June 2016 Frankston Australian Clay Target Club Sunday 21 st August 2016 Melbourne Gun Club Sunday 9 th October 2016 Nagambie Rifle Club Sunday 20 th November 2016 Melbourne Gun Club Vintage Cup Monday 28 th November 2016 Guild & Vintagers Display Night (Theme TBA) President’s Report Welcome to our first newsletter for 2016! Our maiden shoot was conducted on Sunday the 21 st February at the Melbourne Gun Club and attracted 74 nominations for the 50 target event which was complimented by warm and sunny conditions, perfect in fact. Our club was regrettably unsuccessful in receiving a State grant for a defibrillator and we accept the reason given that we did not conform with the criteria, however, as it considered to be an item of fundamental importance to have one at each of our shoots, we have purchased one,, including a first aid kit (total cost $2559.95). Greg Menzies, our Treasurer, has the necessary experience/training with this machine, and has agreed to be the custodian/operator. Is there anyone else out there with the appropriate training who we can record as a back-up operator? Angela Kloppenborg, who was the 2015 Vintage Cup Ladies High Gun Champion, has written a follow-up article in relation to her beloved William Evans SLE of 1903. (Refer to Hammers Back issue number 49 of September 2013, pages 4 and 5). This article is of particular interest for all members who are in search of a “missing” pair. The 2016 duck season has been announced but regrettably the Game Act Regulations have not been amended to permit both 10 bore and 8 bore black powder guns for waterfowl harvesting. We can only keep on trying!!!!. Committee of Management 2015/2016 Patron: Russell Wilkin - London President: Peter J Smith 0428 332 781 V. President: Max Lee 0419 377 558 Secretary: Judith Kent 0408 619 215 Treasurer: Greg Menzies 0425 705 677 Committee Members: John Rowe 0488 757 711 Clive Haug 0407 070 845 Rod Pratt 0418 103 811 Facsimile: 61 (0)3 9572 0069 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: The Secretary PO Box 269 Carnegie Vic 3163 Australia Website: www.vintagers.org.au

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Hammers Back The official Newsletter of

The Vintagers (Australian Chapter)

Issue No. 59 – March 2016

Vintagers (Order of Edwardian Gunners (Inc.) No. A003954D

1

Content

Page 1 Committee of Management

1 2016 Shoot Calendar

1-2 President’s Report

2-3 The story of my William Evans SxS Part 2

3 Website access for Hammers Back

4 Etiquette, Courtesy and common decency

4-7 W Richards # 3016

7 Buying and selling of Firearms online

7 Members articles wanted!

8 Travelling with Firearms

9-15 Classifieds

16 A Vintager (Literally)

Shoot Calendar 2016

Saturday 30th April 2016

MCCCTC vs Vintagers at Kilmore F&GA

The “Greenvale Cup”

Sunday 15th May 2016

Western Port F&GA (an invitation to the late

Mark Brenton side-by side Memorial shoot) –

Not Vintagers event; Black Powder most

welcome

Sunday 12th June 2016

Frankston Australian Clay Target Club

Sunday 21st August 2016

Melbourne Gun Club

Sunday 9th October 2016

Nagambie Rifle Club

Sunday 20th November 2016

Melbourne Gun Club – Vintage Cup

Monday 28th November 2016

Guild & Vintagers – Display Night (Theme TBA)

President’s Report

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2016!

Our maiden shoot was conducted on Sunday

the 21st February at the Melbourne Gun Club

and attracted 74 nominations for the 50

target event which was complimented by

warm and sunny conditions, perfect in fact.

Our club was regrettably unsuccessful in

receiving a State grant for a defibrillator and

we accept the reason given that we did not

conform with the criteria, however, as it

considered to be an item of fundamental

importance to have one at each of our

shoots, we have purchased one,, including a

first aid kit (total cost $2559.95). Greg

Menzies, our Treasurer, has the necessary

experience/training with this machine, and

has agreed to be the custodian/operator. Is

there anyone else out there with the

appropriate training who we can record as a

back-up operator?

Angela Kloppenborg, who was the 2015

Vintage Cup Ladies High Gun Champion, has

written a follow-up article in relation to her

beloved William Evans SLE of 1903. (Refer

to Hammers Back issue number 49 of

September 2013, pages 4 and 5). This

article is of particular interest for all

members who are in search of a “missing”

pair.

The 2016 duck season has been announced

but regrettably the Game Act Regulations

have not been amended to permit both 10

bore and 8 bore black powder guns for

waterfowl harvesting. We can only keep on

trying!!!!.

Committee of Management

2015/2016 Patron: Russell Wilkin - London

President: Peter J Smith 0428 332 781

V. President: Max Lee 0419 377 558

Secretary: Judith Kent 0408 619 215

Treasurer: Greg Menzies 0425 705 677

Committee Members: John Rowe 0488 757 711

Clive Haug 0407 070 845

Rod Pratt 0418 103 811

Facsimile: 61 (0)3 9572 0069

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address: The Secretary PO Box 269

Carnegie Vic 3163

Australia

Website: www.vintagers.org.au

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The story of my William Evans

Side by Side .Part 2 By Angela Kloppenborg

As many of you will recall from an article I

wrote last year, and from seeing me around

the Vintagers,I am the very proud owner of

a particularly lovely William Evans SxS that

is the number 2 of a pair .

You will also recall that I had been fortunate

enough to have the owner of the number 1

gun track me down (well the gun at least!)

after an exhaustive search of the Antipodes.

This resulted in an offer that I rejected (I

totally messed up the exchange rate and

diddled myself!!) as I am not ready to give

up “Billy “just yet!

We formed an online friendship (I don’t

know what all the fuss about these online

relationships is!) and continued to

periodically chat about our shared love.

Stuart (that’s his name) was very keen to

meet us if we were ever in his neck of the

woods.

As luck would have it we were heading to

the UK in September 2015 and when I

contacted him he was delighted that we

could make the journey to his hometown of

Belfast to meet himself and of course his

family and, THE GUN!

Now you may (or may not) recall that I had

mentioned that Stuart received his William

Evans for his 30th birthday from his father

“who had since passed away “

So you can imagine my surprise when after

we had made contact and arranged an

evening to visit his home, he mentioned

that his Father was also very excited

to meet us!!!

Well, me being me, of course I started

laughing and had to tell him (much to

Chris’s horror) that the whole of Australia

thinks his father is dead!

He thankfully thought this hysterical to (no

wonder we get on so well) and couldn’t wait

to tell his dear old dad!

Chris and I arrived at his lovely farm style

home (thankfully by Taxi) and were

welcomed as if we were long lost friends.

Stuarts gorgeous wife, Catherine welcomed

us into her vast Aga warmed kitchen and

fed us the most delicious meal with the best

salad I had seen on the trip (it was the only

salad!! but that’s another story!)

Angela, Stuart and the gun

Now before you form the vision of Catherine

as a lovely little rolly polly Irish lass, let me

set you straight! This Irish lass was a vision.

A tall slim, incredibly beautiful mother to 3

gorgeous children with another on the way,

and ….. she is a dentist!! Talk about busy!

Then of course I had to face Stuart’s dad,

Bill, and “fess” up to telling anyone who

would listen that the poor retch had died

and that was why I couldn’t buy Stuarts

gun!! Well its true what they say, we have

the same sense of humour as the Irish and

he thought this was extremely funny, so all

was forgiven.

We had one of the best night’s we have ever

had, with this fantastic and amazingly

interesting man. Bill was a merchant banker

that had lived all over East Africa all of his

working life and still consults on a regular

basis. He regaled us with stories all night,

which turned out to be a real treat as

apparently he is usually very quiet and

reserved!! (must be the only quiet Irishman

in captivity! and I suppose as he was risen

from the dead he was pretty happy to tell

all!).

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We were fascinated to hear about life during

the bombings and about the wonderful

experiences Stuart had whilst in Belfast at

boarding school and the trips he made to

see his parents during school holidays.

Then the moment I had been waiting for

arrived! Stuart brought his Number 1 gun

out to meet me! It was a strange feeling as

it really did look like mine which was

amazing as both had been extensively

refurbished.

Angela with the gun

The only real difference was his had 28 inch

barrels and of course mine has the

traditional 30 inch.

There much oohing and ahhing and lots of

photos, me with the gun, me with Stuart

and the gun, me with Bill and the gun (you

get the idea!).

Stuart uses the gun exclusively for live bird

hunting and enjoys “rough” shooting most

weekends in the season and is a member of

a syndicate that takes 4 shoot days a year,

mostly pheasant.

At the end of each season the gun is

delivered to the gunsmith to be fully

serviced and the wood checked for dings. As

a result it looked in pristine condition when I

saw it, as the season was about to start a

week later!

This was a bone of serious contention

between Chris and I and don’t worry I was

just as upset as he was that we were not

able to stay for the opening as I had to get

back for a wedding! (Yes, it was that

important!)

As I said earlier it was a blessing that we

had come by taxi as it turned out to be quite

a big night, we would still be talking if we

didn’t have the return plane ticket booked.

It is a strange and wonderful bond we now

have.

The top lever of the William Evans

We have an understanding that he will be

the only person I offer “Billy” to and as such

there is no need for him to worry about

what will ever become of it .Chris and I

both came away with the feeling of all that

as being very secondary really, it was just

wonderful to meet such a beautiful family.

Website access for Hammers Back

Our Webmaster has uploaded the Hammers

Back Issue 59, March 2016 issue to the

website and all members can access the

newsletter by typing in their initial of the

christian name and surname (lower case or

upper case, either is OK), then password will

be your membership number (eg., 13. The

Vintagers website address is

www.vintagers.org.au then click on the tab “Newsletters”.

Those without emails will continue to receive

their copy via Australia Post. The Hammers

Back issues will be quarterly as they have

always been to date – March, June,

September and December.

Please advise via email if you have an email

address so that I can advise members that

the current Hammers Back has been

uploaded to the website.

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Etiquette, courtesy, and common

decency By Lionel Swrit

There being a dearth of social news

contributions yet again, it may be opportune

to consider some ‘social niceties’ instead. In

particular considering other squads when

making our way around a shoot from station

to station.

Because of the vagaries of both traps and

shooters, it frequently happens that one

squad will catch up with the one in front.

Sometimes the following squad, rather than

taking the opportunity to observe the

targets and shooting methods more closely,

instead takes the opportunity to discuss

irrelevant, mundane, and sometimes coarse

(listen to me talking!) topics at unbelievable

volumes of sound.

(The volume has been in some instances

uncharitably likened to that grand Australian

Standard of Extreme Sound: i.e. “two

skeletons making love on a tin roof using a

jam tin for a condom”.)

While most members practice etiquette

aplenty in their own squad by not speaking

while a member is actually in the stand, in a

few unfortunate cases this etiquette deserts

them, or is considered unnecessary, when

they catch up with the squad in front. It

seems the “U-Jack” principle is alive and

well!

I should stress that this occurs in only a

minority of squads, and I admit that since

our beloved Vintagers shoots are non-

competitive, and so this may seem

inappropriately harsh. (Of course

conversation, mild abuse, and laughter is

permitted and expected among any group

while a shooter is not actually in the stand,

and this should also be the case with

adjacent squads.

Incidentally, as many Vintagers are also

members of Field and Game (which is

exceedingly competitive despite its original

origins, aims, and professed purposes) the

behaviour referred to does matter there for

more than courtesy, as it can cause lost

targets.

But perhaps I am being obtuse, and perhaps

that is the purpose of the unseemly

clamour? And perhaps, when it occurs at

Vintagers shoots it is merely practice for F &

G ‘gamesmanship’?

Incredibly, when I have occasionally

apologised to some offending squad from

behind thus: “I hope our shooting didn’t

interfere with your conference” I have been

treated as though I have been the

transgressor!

Worse, I have even been hurtfully accused

of sarcasm! Indeed I was once subjected to

that tired old cliché ‘sarcasm is the lowest

form of wit’. (To which I replied, as I have

since my high school days, with: “sarcasm is

not a form of wit, in my family it is a way of

life”.)

Good morrow to all til our next merry

meeting,

W. Richards # 3016: “… a riddle

wrapped in a mystery inside an

enigma…”

By Robert Geddes

It’s a well-trodden path and a well-worn line

for me by now; this time into one of the

more renowned of greater Melbourne’s gun

shops: “do you have any old, weird,

wonderful stuff? Damascus barrels,

hammers, that sort of thing?” Two guns

were duly produced off the racks; one a

nice, but over-refinished sidelock ejector;

the other a little battered, mis-identified,

but oh-so-beautifully-engraved and un-

messed-with Jones underlever hammer gun,

but with a steep price. I gently asked if

there was room to move on that price, and

was quietly told that an offer of rather less

than half the labelled price could secure it.

A week or two later I went back with a neat

round figure in folding stuff which was about

40% of the asking price, and thanks to

online permits to acquire, walked out a

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short time later with what’s proven to be an

enigmatic – but delightful – old gun.

Now, it is a 12g centrefire cartridge shotgun

by W Richards – not Westley of Birmingham

and London, and not the spurious Belgian

name borne by perhaps thousands of cheap

guns dumped into North America – but

apparently William, of Old Hall Street,

Liverpool.

However I’m fairly sure that’s not how it

started life. The pistol grip with its

beautifully engraved steel cap, the long top

tang, and heavy butt and thick, heavy rear

of the trigger guard are more suggestive of

a rifle than a gun. The hammers look too

small for the locks, and there is a blank strip

between the engraving on the lockplates

and the edges of the hammers, suggestive

of originally much larger hammers. And

that engraving!: a full coverage of relief

acanthus scroll on the peninsula locks and

action; anything that wasn’t acanthus scroll

has been removed from just about all of the

metal, leaving shallow relief acanthus all over

the gun. The back-action locks, by the way, are rebounding, and bear ______’s name

inside them; the firing pins are also sprung.

Rebounding locks perhaps make the gun

post-date Stanton’s 1867 patent; but then,

the work could have been carried out at

another time…

The serial number – 3061 – appears no

fewer than 6 times – on each lockplate, the

trigger guard, the trigger guard tang, the

underlever, and the heel of the steel butt

plate – yet nowhere on the barrels; the

engraving on the exposed barrel lump also

seems more worn, and to be a mismatch, to

the rest of the gun. Oddly, “193” appears on

the action flats.

The proof marks on the barrels are typical

London proofs for the period 1855-1875;

but curiously, there is a lone Belgian mark

for provisional black powder proof for

breech-loading guns on the barrel flats. It

bears some very old-fashioned touches, like

the keyed forend and steel butt plate. The

damascus-patterned top rib is engraved

partially in a stylised script, partly in block

letters: “W Richards 51 [fifty-one]

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Old Hall St, LIVERPOOL”; but in a clue that

all is not as it seems, each of the barrel flats

are stamped “61 [yes, sixty-one, that’s not

a typo; they’d evidently moved a few doors

since the rib was engraved…] OLD HALL ST”.

My reference – Brown’s British Gunmakers

Vol. II – does not list that address, and the

serial number falls well outside the listed

range Brown has listed for the maker.

The barrels, bearing what I’m told is a two-

iron crolle pattern, have chambers about 2

5/8” deep, with an abrupt step down into

the bore proper rather than forcing cones,

and no chokes – quite a primitive way of

setting up a breech loading shotgun bore;

there is also quite a uniform taper to the

exterior walls. The bores, proofed at 13

(.710”- .728”) prior to the introduction of

fractional sizes, are presently .730” and

.733”, so possibly not much larger than

original, but with chamber and barrel walls

still thick enough to inspire confidence with

lighter, 2 ½” black powder loads. Probably

the gun (or at least the barrels) predates

the establishment of choke boring by

Greener through 1874-75

That most beguiling of hammer gun shapes,

the shell fences, may not be original to the

gun as some fine lines and evidence of some

brazing indicates; perhaps they were once

the typically much shallower pinfire fences.

The standing breech has a circular line in

the metal, as if a plug has been fitted,

perhaps during a conversion.

I’ve been able to glean from several sources

that c1853-54, the firm was at 53 Old Hall

Street; from 1857 at 51 Old Hall st; from

1861 census records W Richards was at 61

Old Hall st; from 1878 at 27 Old Hall st; also

a gun marked 63 Old Hall st exists.

During the Gold rush around 1853-54,

members of the family opened a store in

Melbourne.

From a Ballarat collector:

William Richards is recorded in

English Gunmakers by Bailey

and Nie as working at 51 Oldhall

St Liverpool in 1857 and Henry

Richards at the same address

from 1858-1870. Actually

William was operating earlier

than 1857 as the advert from a

Liverpool paper of 1853

testifies. This newspaper was

found as a wall paper in a

Portland cottage built in 1854.

There was a W Richards

operating in Melbourne and I

believe was the same man and

he was killed in a workshop

explosion which was around

Market / Collins Streets. Seeing

he supplied a lot of immigrants

to Australia with firearms, he

heard the stories and

succumbed himself

At this stage, my educated guess is that the

gun was made as a pinfire double rifle

around 1865-70; very quickly though, it was

rendered obsolete by centrefire. Prior to

1875 – and possibly before even having

been sold (a pinfire may have been un-

sellable within a year or two of building) –

the makers reworked it into a centrefire

shotgun, brazing on the shell fences, fitting

the necessarily smaller centrefire hammers,

and using an earlier set of barrels from

another, earlier, perhaps even muzzle-

loading gun, the unfinished tubes of which

may have been sourced from Belgium; the

1857-61 rib address from 51 Old Hall st was

left extant, and the flats stamped with the

makers’ later 61 Old Hall st address when it

was reworked…

I have enjoyed trying to find answers to the

questions this gun poses; but more

importantly, the old Richards seems to

handle and fit me well enough. After taking

to my ‘smith – who delights in these sort of

guns – to tighten and perform some

preventative maintenance for some minor

issues after 150 years of solid use, the old

Richards has scratched my itch for a nice

representative of Jones’ underlever patent

with some style.

Images:

1. Overall;

2. The action, showing relief acanthus

scroll on the body and peninsula back

action locks; notice the engraving

stops short of the edges of the

hammers, likely replacements for

larger pinfire hammers;

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3. A beautifully engraved grip cap;

4. The serial number and “nib” on the

heel of the butt plate;

5. Barrel address

Buying and selling of Firearms

online

Recently there has been an increase in the

number of posts on Gumtree, eBay, online

forums and industry sites attempting to sell

firearms.

Firearm owners should be aware that there

are strict prohibitions and conditions on the

advertisement of firearms for sale.

Unless the advertisement of a firearm is

placed in a magazine published by an

approved club or a commercially published

firearms or sport shooting magazine, only

licensed firearms dealers are permitted to

advertise firearms for sale. All

advertisements are to include the Firearms

Serial number and the Firearms Licensed

Dealers’ number.

Under no circumstances shall a firearm

owner sell a firearm without the direct

involvement of a licensed firearm dealer.

Legislation relating to advertising of firearms

can be found in Section 101 of the Firearms

Act 1996.

Members articles wanted!

Please forward articles you wish to share

with members. They can be about

reloading, a firearm, hunting, or anything

else you feel would interest the members.

The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954),

Friday 4 March 1938

Hammers Back June 2016 Issue.

Closing date for all articles and advertising (at no cost) are required

by

15th May 2016

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Cobaw Sporting

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Where you have fun with a shotgun !!

Partridge Shooting in Victoria

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Our Tower and Flush Shoot at Cobaw is great fun and challenging for even the experienced gun.

Shoot the Cobaw Rabbit and Grouse Butts for a great afternoon ! Corporate days with full catering and novice guns are welcome.

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Firearm Sales and Repairs

Wayne Clapham is a supporter of the Vintagers,

please support Wayne.

Please support the industry

who support the Vintagers

Firearms , Accessories and more

Boronia Firearms is a great supporter and huge

sponsor of the Vintagers since the club’s

inception.

Gunsmith

Looking for a Gunsmith who has extensive

experience with double guns and rifles, give

Rolf a call and tell him Peter Smith referred you

to him.

Rolf is in the Lilydale area so give him a call, he

is very reasonable with pricing.

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Vintagers Mugs for sale

Good for a coffee break!

$10 each

Vintagers Pens for sale

$7.50 each or 2 for $10

Vintagers cloth patches for sale

$5 each

Vintagers Key Rings for sale

The Vintagers keyrings are made in the USA

and we have plenty in stock.

Cost: $12 each

Vintagers Ties for sale

The Vintagers ties are 100% pure silk.

Colours: Blue with gold hammers.

Yellow with black hammers

Navy, Burgundy and British Racing

Green with gold hammers.

Cost: $50 each

(Check the colours on the website

www.vintagers.org.au)

Vintagers Silver and Gold Pins

Stock will be available shortly. They can be

used as a hat pin, tie pin or a lapel pin.

Silver - $35.00

Gold - $50.00

Please support the businesses who

support the Vintagers

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Rolf Hey Precision Gunsmith

Licensed Dealer 62503 All types firearm repairs, Specialising in shotguns

Serving Customers Australia Wide

0418 125 066

Repairs & alterations

Re-barreling

Sympathetic restorations

Leatherwork & case repairs

Rust blue & browning

Gun fitting service, try gun

Caustic & nitre blue

Stock alterations

Rib repairs and relaying

Trigger adjustments

Spring making

Heat treatment

Parts made

Engraving

[email protected]

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.Falcon Ammunition produce a wide

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We select the highest quality precision

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Australian Arms Auctions Pty Ltd

Presents Auction No. 46

We are pleased to advise the May 2016

Auction to be held at 10.00am on Sunday

May 1st 2016

Venue: Eley Park Community Centre

87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Victoria

Melways Ref: 61-H5

Viewing times are from 12.00 noon on

Saturday 30th April and 8.00am to 10.00pm

on Sunday 1st May.

Catalogues will be available in early April,

both as hard copy (by subscription) and on

line (free) at

www.australianarmsauctions.com .

We are very fortunate to have an offering of

the finest firearms from the Doug Mills

Collection.

Doug is well known worldwide for his

collection of early Flintlock firearms

particularly by both John and Joseph

MANTON.

The normal offering of guns of interest to

Vintagers, both shotguns and rifles of all

descriptions will be on offer to the “highest

bidder”.

Examples of the British makers art, will be

on offer in both side locks and box locks

both ejector and extractor’s, as well as an

extensive offering of Centre Fire and Rim

Fire rifles, catering for all tastes.

Broken or non matching Hammers?

If you have a hammer gun with a broken or

miss-matched hammer, or missing

hammers, then I have for sale an extensive

collection of matched pairs, and singles,

some unused, that I acquired during my

high school years between 1959 to 1963,

from various Tasmanian based gunsmiths

and dealers.

In addition, I have an extensive selection of

forend irons, some complete with wood,

which I gathered over the same period.

These items have never been offered for

sale before, and in fact I had completely

forgotten about them for over 25 years until

recently.

Contact Peter on 0428 332 781 if you are at

all interested.

Welcome to Oz Gun Sales

PRICING: $25.00 per Firearm and No

Relisting Fees.

Contact Bill Hailes on 0411342826

ozgunsales.com. Here you can buy & sell

and Auction new or used firearms &

shooting related accessories right from your

home or office chair.

Vintagers can submit one only

advertisement free. Just call Bill and let him

know you are a Member.

You can list your shotgun, centrefire rifle,

rimfire rifle, lever action firearm, Military

rifles, Handgun pistol, black powder

firearms, scopes, reloading accessories and

anything else related to our sport. If you are

looking for something you can even place a

wanted ad too. You can also use our

advanced search area to find exactly what

you are looking for.

Our aim is to help every Australian shooter

sell with ease and obtain the price they

desire.

Here you will also find a large number of

dealers placing their adds in one central

place that you can visit each day to see

what new listings are on.

List your firearm or accessory with up to 4

large images. Placing your ad is done with a

few simple steps that even the computer

novice can understand. Selling your firearm

has never been easier.

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A Vintager (Literally)