Having told him what he had he asked if I know where he could get some rounds for it. After telling him how many hens teeth he would have to find before he came up with some original ammo I offered to make him up some dummy rounds. This I did and delivered them to him. He thanked me, gave the bayonet mentioned in my Ruby Wedding post and then said he was thinking of selling it and concentrating on collecting Derringers.......

- would I be interesting in the Martini at the price he paid for it. Stupid question

I went home and decided to try and sell my Pedersoli Copy P58 to fund the Martini so advertised it last night......Sold this afternoon at the asking price to a guy in Poland

Looks like my collection is moving away from muzzle loaders and into cartridge rifles.

Images to come soon.....................