tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2619608762504158955..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Size Doesn't MatterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89560666406746037672010-05-15T02:15:29.662-07:002010-05-15T02:15:29.662-07:00Shame you still haven't got it Carol. We shoo...Shame you still haven't got it Carol. We shoot flintlocks in our club. One member has a huge gun which started life as a match-lock (very primitive ignition). Engraved on the barrel is an inscription saying that it was present at Tilbury when Elizabeth 1st made the famous speech - it belonged to one of her bodyguards! It is now a flintlock, and I have seen him fire it - and hit a clay with it!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82542350560003482802010-05-14T20:33:44.882-07:002010-05-14T20:33:44.882-07:00Hmm. I used to have a flintlock from 1806 - now th...Hmm. I used to have a flintlock from 1806 - now <i>that</i> was a gun! ;-)C R Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212244053084461118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-27767068934788229102010-05-13T12:49:45.780-07:002010-05-13T12:49:45.780-07:00Yes, I'm talking about Emma, not me. She'...Yes, I'm talking about Emma, not me. She's a hippie too, and is just as clueless.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22528522773823887332010-05-13T01:20:05.968-07:002010-05-13T01:20:05.968-07:00A.O. used a Smith & Wesson? Didn't know th...A.O. used a Smith & Wesson? Didn't know that. If you ever find a dented penny with 'A..O' stamped on it, buy it. They were souveniers from her trip to England and worth loads. There are fakes, though.<br /><br />Hang on, I thought you were a hippy!? Maybe you are talking about your characters... alter-egos???Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38681470414303859962010-05-12T13:28:52.353-07:002010-05-12T13:28:52.353-07:00Oh, my head. I'm sticking with the Smith &...Oh, my head. I'm sticking with the Smith & Wesson. If it was good enough for Annie Oakley, then it's good enough for Emma.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38909994545867234132010-05-12T11:49:37.320-07:002010-05-12T11:49:37.320-07:00This one's a side by side, hammer action, dati...This one's a side by side, hammer action, dating from around 1890 and made in Belgium Cro.<br /><br />There's an American man who has refined an 80 shot, round magazine machine shotgun which also shoots armour-piercing shells and anti-personel shrapnel rounds, Amy - that would suit better maybe?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24028181545110443742010-05-12T11:33:08.148-07:002010-05-12T11:33:08.148-07:00What about an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Tw...What about an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle? Those are nice : ). <br /><br />Just Kidding. <br /><br />Some nice fellows at AW have helped me narrow down the gun that would be best for my character, Emma. A Smith & Wesson .38 special.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60993918875222962282010-05-12T04:44:09.544-07:002010-05-12T04:44:09.544-07:00I'd always imagined that the .410 was a modern...I'd always imagined that the .410 was a modern idea. My boyhood version was single-barreled and bolt-actioned. I must say, yours looks rather dandy.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com