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It will probably still work with a  bit of effort. I saw one the other week a gunsmith friend of mine was working on.

 

It was a First World War artillery version (long barrel), been deliberately buried in an oil cloth since about 1918. Grips rotted away, but otherwise a good clean and strip down and it cycled perfectly.

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I found these in a lake in Belgium 1987 when it was drained for the first time since WWII.  There was loads of other stuff in the mud but I could only walk around the perimeter.

The auto is a FN1905 and the ladies revolver is a pinfire from around 1850

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I donated them to a museum where they told me that they were likely thrown in the lake during the nazi occupation because anyone caught with a weapon would be executed.

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While we're on the subject, anyone here ever tried their hand at magnet fishing ?, I've seen a lot of the vids when mooching around YouTube, contemplated getting some kit as I'm only 15 minutes up the road from the Royal military canal. 

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Had a few tries in Reading during lunch breaks.  Only found junk of course. 😄

Important trick is to use the top of a plastic bottle to cover the magnet so the attachment point doesn't get snagged.

Would love to try somewhere interesting like around Hampton Court but I expect that wouldn't last long.

 

Your site sounds interesting so could be worth a go since its not a big investment.

 

 

 

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