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Anybody recognize this old bp pistol?
19 February 2005, 22:41
dempseyAnybody recognize this old bp pistol?
I think it's maybe turkish or something close. There is only one mark on it and I can't interpret it.
Here is another pic, too large to put here
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-2/101736/bp1.JPG
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27 February 2005, 19:46
DigitalDanDempsey, it that a matchlock? See if you can touch base with Mehulkammdar on the translation, or maybe Saeed?
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03 March 2005, 11:18
dempseyI think it's a flintlock, but I'm just ignorant enough on BP stuff to be wrong
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03 March 2005, 12:19
Hog KillerI think D. Dan, nailed it. Match lock. A picture of the working side would solve the question.
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03 March 2005, 22:23
dempseyLet me try a pic of the other side
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17 March 2005, 10:53
kaboomDempsey,
I’m no expert on this but…what you have is, indeed a flintlock although it is missing the upper jaw and cock screw. Pistols of this type are generically referred to as horse pistols. They were common in Europe from about 1680 and throughout the 1700s. Small shops in the Middle East were very good at knocking off western designs. That may be the origin of this piece. Obsolete designs tended to persist much later in the east than the west, making it even harder to date.
22 March 2005, 05:59
dempseykaboom, thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
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