I am fortunate to have an armoury so all my rifles are on display which is so much nicer than having them locked in a cabinet. Also helps with the loading as I have a lot of equipment to store.
Apart from actually shooting the rifles I like to understand how gunmakers/inventors overcame the major problems with ingenious but different ideas, comes from being an engineer I guess. So I also have a good range of books and try to get at least one for any new rifle.
One of the most interesting rifles I have is a M1822 tbis Tabatiere which started life as a flintlock musket, was converted to percussion, then rifled for Minie bullet and final converted to a centrefire breechloader - a rifle that has been through most of the major stages of firearm development.
Hopefully I can be of use to other members as my experience is quite wide although my accuracy is not always what I hope for.
:cheers:
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