12 bore side fireing pin

Hello Dave,
               Those are nice little finds you have there, Not to mention valueable
In the Antique Gun Parts market. Brass firing pins are amost obsoleate to find these days. as are brass bolts. I will check in my library of gun books and see
what I can find out for you. One thing is unless you can find the type of shotgun
it was made for there is no need to clean it ( or sanitaze it as it it called in the gun world) I do know that certain rare firing pins can fetch as much asd one hundred dollars or more in american money. Finding a firing pin let alone afew in the same area tells me that there are more parts around or even a total weapon
the condition if found would be another issue. I would suggest going over the area again and see what you can come up with. as soon as I can locate what your firing pin goes to Ill post it for you. If you have any other questions just ask
or send me a pm. Looking forward to your post and finds. Best Wishes...Rob

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Thanks Rob
To be honest when I found the first one, I didn't have a clue what it was, and asked various people in the antique trade and also people that belong to a gun club, no one had a clue, it wasn't until i posted it on ukfinds, that I got information to what it was, by all accounts a hammer used to hit that pin side on but this information was off only one person, i never had any other feedback, i found out about the dates etc from a ex ballistics officer who wrote a book all about cartridges etc, I emailed him and got no reply, and you cant get the book for love nor money.
Anyway Rob the more you can find out about these the better, and soon as I get time I will go back to see if I can find anything else that relates to them.
All the best and many thanks

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satdaveuk

I'm waiting to see what Rob comes up with too he do know his onions when it comes to this stuff

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Thanks GMD52
Its never to late for added information.
Not got back looking there yet but when I do will take with me one of my PI detectors and dig everything around that location say 15 yards square because going by the date of those cartridges the trees would have been allot smaller and thinking theres a very good possibility they would have been much deeper in the ground and over a period of time the tree roots have pushed them up towards the surface  which allowed me to find them, where anything larger like the firearm would have been entwined within the roots which would stop it going up towards the surface.
Shall go out there soon before the leaves start growing again.
Talked to a chap on another site some time ago and he said that they are very rare but even more rare to find them with the pins still intact.

Regards and thank you   

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satdaveuk

Very interesting find there! Congratulations on the finds and HH on hopefully digging up more on it.


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