Hi Tom. Can't answer that because I haven't fired it. What I can say is that the weapon has a lot of woodworm holes in the stock and I have only seen it once, on the day of the celebration. I have a lot of photographs of it and the range so will sort out a few more and post them soon to give you an ...

Is it a shooter? Good question Joe. I have fired it once with a half load and a paper wad. It has been vcalued at at about £5000 so I don't want to blow it apart. I am now quite involved in Black Powder shooting here in France so have decided to shoot it after stripping and cleaning the barrel but ...

Just finished a book by Mark Urban which would interest anyone studying the war in Spain. It's called 'The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes - The story of George Scovell' ISBN 0-571-20538-0. He has also written a book about the 95th which is also a good read. Its called Riflemen and I will post the IS...

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My friend Didier shooting his 1777 Dragon on the 200th Aniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz. Taken at our range in the old Citadelle of Blaye.

Duncan

Question:- Do you still need a criminal record to get into Australia?

Duncan

I landed here via THR and decided to stay a while! Thought you would like to see my Baker Rifle for starters. [pic]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/Duncaninfrance/B1.jpg[/pic] [pic]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/Duncaninfrance/BAKER-4.jpg[/pic] It is ( I think ) an 1812/14 model which ...