Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Traditional Firearms => Flintlock Pistols => Topic started by: Nutnfancy on September 05, 2020, 01:19:29 PM
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My neighbor was asked to free up the lock and make a ramrod for this flint lock pistol. A friend of his picked it up while in the service but couldn't remember where he got it, I guess he had it for around 30 years or more. We never did figure out what country it was made in. I don't remember what the cal. was but was excited getting to hold a real piece of history.
Sorry about the crummy pictures.
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Quite possibly french :),.... https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/antique-french-flintlock-pistol-074495F828#
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That was what I thought also.
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Thanks guys! I had narrowed it down to French or Middle East. Since I can't speak or read French or any Middle Eastern language well..................
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Can you get a more clear picture of the barrel with the writing on it? my wife is fluent in French and may be able to help
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I don't have access to the gun so better pictures are not possible.
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IMO, it looks a lot like these ca. 1700's French Heavy Dragoon Pistols, used from the French & Indian War through the US Revolutionary War - and worth heavy money.
(https://previews.123rf.com/images/mj007/mj0071705/mj007170500040/79075035-antique-french-flintlock-pistol-made-in-the-late-1700-s-.jpg)
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0760/6691/products/IMG_9524.jpg?v=1510084593)