2 Band Volunteer .577" Enfield Musket by G W Bales
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Lovely Adam Im not jealous honest.
The gun runners have come up trumps again.
The gun runners have come up trumps again.
Adam, my old bilge plumber and dumpster diver, please do not be offended, but this thread and its related one over in Handloading is p*$$&%g me off.
I have had a long longing for a MH and was looking at one in a magazine recently. As luck would have it, the CinC caught me. I was informed that unless 50% of my current stockpile disappeared first, that certain body parts would vanish should anything resembling a MH enter the premises.
The fact that this statement was made while the CinC was holding a meat clever suggests that she meant what she said.
Also, please note that the current postal/internet match has a category for this new blunderbluss of yours. I fully expect you to demonstrate your prowess with your new found love.
It Ain't A Wallhanger, Maggot!
Sgt Jethro
I have had a long longing for a MH and was looking at one in a magazine recently. As luck would have it, the CinC caught me. I was informed that unless 50% of my current stockpile disappeared first, that certain body parts would vanish should anything resembling a MH enter the premises.
The fact that this statement was made while the CinC was holding a meat clever suggests that she meant what she said.
Also, please note that the current postal/internet match has a category for this new blunderbluss of yours. I fully expect you to demonstrate your prowess with your new found love.
It Ain't A Wallhanger, Maggot!
Sgt Jethro
From Bailey and Nie's "English Gunmakers": George William Bales
Colchester. 150 High St. 1850-1870.
Ipswich. Tavern St. 1838; 15 Cornhill 1845-1870. Also archery warehouse.
Also I have found some more 'padding' to flesh out the family as follows.....
George William Bales was born in London c.1809. He married Lucretia (born c.1814 at Gosport, Hants.). They had at least five children:
Charles George (c1839-1879)
Jessie (c1844-)
Alice M. (c1847-)
John (c1850-)
William (c1851-)
Frank Alfred (c1854-)
All were born in Ipswich, Suffolk.
In 1861 George William was resident at 15 Cornhill, Ipswich and according to census returns was a gunmaker employing 4 men, 2 apprentices & 1 boy. His son Charles George was also a gunmaker. At 17, in 1871, Frank was a gunmaker at the same address.
Lucretia died in 1878, followed in 1879 by Charles (aged only 40). George William died in 1881.
Frank was still a gunmaker and at the 15 Cornhill address in 1881.
David
Colchester. 150 High St. 1850-1870.
Ipswich. Tavern St. 1838; 15 Cornhill 1845-1870. Also archery warehouse.
Also I have found some more 'padding' to flesh out the family as follows.....
George William Bales was born in London c.1809. He married Lucretia (born c.1814 at Gosport, Hants.). They had at least five children:
Charles George (c1839-1879)
Jessie (c1844-)
Alice M. (c1847-)
John (c1850-)
William (c1851-)
Frank Alfred (c1854-)
All were born in Ipswich, Suffolk.
In 1861 George William was resident at 15 Cornhill, Ipswich and according to census returns was a gunmaker employing 4 men, 2 apprentices & 1 boy. His son Charles George was also a gunmaker. At 17, in 1871, Frank was a gunmaker at the same address.
Lucretia died in 1878, followed in 1879 by Charles (aged only 40). George William died in 1881.
Frank was still a gunmaker and at the 15 Cornhill address in 1881.
David
David Minshall - www.researchpress.co.uk
Firearms, long range shooting and associated history
Firearms, long range shooting and associated history
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The first to have one of those animated subject icons. I want to get Jason to change it to somthing more ....appropriate for a gun site.