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Texasquailguy, think you are right. Here in Germany Schwarwild=black game= wild boar. Don't know, how it's like in Great Britain...?
Indeed Auerhahn is very impressive. Birkhahn is much smaller.
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Gunwolf,
I stand corrected. My experience with these birds is very limited.After I was there a year, Germany prohibited hunting Auerhahn and I never was lucky enough to "draw" a permit for a Birkhahn.
Texasquailguy,
The pigs are "Black game" translated from German, but "Black Cock" or "Black Grouse" is the English name, not translated from German.
Mike
Last edited by Der Ami; 09/24/13 12:58 PM.
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What a pity! I had to become 56 years old to get the chance...and it was great!
For me hunting in the mountains/Alps is second to none because of the wonderful impressions of an overwhelming landscape and nature.
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Gunwolf, you should come to Finland and buy a license to hunt those black birds.
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Buzz - that is an interesting gun. What is the screw/pin immediately behind the fences - obviously not to hold the lockplate on or for interceptor sears. Is it related to the cross-bolt?
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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No, it has nothing to do with cross bolt. That screw is present on another Grant I own which lacks the cross bolt mechanism. None of these old Grants are stocked to the fences and some have that screw. I'm guessing, but I think that screw may allow easy access to the strikers. I've wondered the same but I'm only guessing.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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Archibald Thorburn "Blackcock 1900" 
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No, it has nothing to do with cross bolt. That screw is present on another Grant I own which lacks the cross bolt mechanism. None of these old Grants are stocked to the fences and some have that screw. I'm guessing, but I think that screw may allow easy access to the strikers. I've wondered the same but I'm only guessing. I think your guess is about right. I have a similar William Powell and (from memory) that screw holds the strikers captive. Disc set strikers are not fitted in the standing breach - and the strikers are removed by first removing the lock plate, then removing that screw and withdrawing the striker backwards into the lock aperture.
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Do NOT try typing 'Black Cock' into Google!
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Igorrock, I guess it would be a very nice experience. But I think in Finland it is more like hunting partridge with dogs...??? And there are a lot of Black Grouse?!
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