doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Something for all you Old-timers

Well as an old timer I did enjoy the video up until the point when they used playing cards for peg position selection. Playing cards on the sporting field would be enough to get you cashiered in days gone by. Just thought I would photograph my 100 plus year old set that was made and in regular use at a large Norfolk estate all neatly contained in a 8 bore cartridge case. I am only lucky enough to own them because I was given them by a good friend ex Game keeper and poacher who is now keeping the foxes down on Gods estate. Just between ourselves he was the one who made a good poacher out of me in my younger days.
All the number tokens are made of brass and once where silver plated (I may re instate the plating sometime in the future) You can tell it is an estate peg selector by the the odd token. Just to add a bit of interest does any body have an Idea what part of the year the "X" was used for and why?






I did forgot to say that one gun I am sure was using Pyrodex rather than Black Powder.