Shooting Times & Country Magazine 22nd June 2016 Back Issue

OLD SCHOOL SHOOTING: BLACKPOWDER, PUNT-GUNS AND PLENTY OF FUN
On a warm humid day, the Bridgwater Bay Wildfowlers’ association brought the boom and sulphurous smell of blackpowder to the open day held by
rifleman Firearms Ltd at its headquarters on the Somerset Levels. more of the open day in a moment, but first a nostalgic dip into the world of muzzle-loading percussion and flintlock guns, of clouds of blue smoke and colourful characters. the display of ancient guns and the opportunity to fire blackpowder had been organised by Richard Hussey, the black eye-patched event organiser for the Bridgwater Bay Wa, and a fine fist he made of it, too.