Forum: European Armoury
9th November 2019, 10:59 PM
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Chesapeake Market Hunter
Would anyone happen to know what the, I assume Proof, mark relates to?
This mark is near the breech of the left barrel, a double 8 gauge percussion shotgun. No other visible markings. This gun was...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2019, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 20
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Fernando – with respect to American made flint...
Fernando – with respect to American made flint lock guns I am sad to say that a great deal of art and craftmanship was lost during those voyages across the Atlantic to the New World. American flint...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2019, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,351
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2019, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,351
Oh my was I wrong. And glad to be so
Yes, the...
Oh my was I wrong. And glad to be so
Yes, the rifling is real, extending all the way to the breech as it should. 7 grooves, flat lands.
One minor point is the numeral eleven neatly cut into the...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2019, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,351
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2019, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,351
Flint pistol - Nationality?
I generally like flint lock pistols, but don't know much about those from Europe. Picked this up in Michigan on Groundhog Day. Was told it was "German, circa 1750"
I saw that Fernando in a Jan 1...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2019, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,625
With respect to the use of a British cavalry...
With respect to the use of a British cavalry sabre "...the blunt end could snap bones and crack skulls" my 4X Great- grandfather William Kelly was on the wrong end of one of these in May 1778. Thanks...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2018, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 6
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Trömner guns at auction
Hermann Historica has two matchlock guns from Michael Trömner's collection in their upcoming auction. One is German about 1620, walnut stock marked with a script "K", item no. 65, starting price 4800...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2018, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,300
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Forum: European Armoury
4th April 2018, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,300
Small wheel lock pistol
I bought this as an antique miniature. So my question - is the pistol itself an original piece from the early 16th or 17th century? Or might it be of 19th century origin?
It is an actual...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
11th March 2018, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,091
Avarice.
Pure avarice.
I love that...
Avarice.
Pure avarice.
I love that wheellock pistol and would like to have one myself (a metal version is being shipped to me soon). You might want to look on the Facebook page for:
Miniature...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2018, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 21,536
Before you remove that Nasty Orange paint you...
Before you remove that Nasty Orange paint you might investigate it a bit.
I used to work as the metallurgist for a specialty nickel alloy distributor, retired the Ides of March 2007. One of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2016, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 1
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In my experience it is best to deal with a...
In my experience it is best to deal with a foundry that regularly casts cannon something near to what you want. If you wish it to be 90% copper 10% tin bronze, then by all means deal with a foundry...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th October 2016, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,943
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Forum: European Armoury
25th October 2016, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,943
With respect to chemical analysis, the word...
With respect to chemical analysis, the word "spark" gives me the shivers.
There is a process, known as X-ray fluorescent analysis which may be applied with absolutely no marking of the metal. I am...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2016, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,291
Ahh, Mr Corrado26 so my "French" musket was...
Ahh, Mr Corrado26 so my "French" musket was likely made in Suhl? Might you share the reference you use for identifying this mark?
Regardless, thank you sir, and thank all of you for your comments....
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Forum: European Armoury
25th May 2016, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,291
Yeah, Fernando, that was stretching it
I...
Yeah, Fernando, that was stretching it
I think it French as the trigger guard and side plate look like what we borrowed from them after our revolution
It used a socket bayonet, so I imagine it...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th May 2016, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,291
Not ready to take the barrel out.
The lock...
Not ready to take the barrel out.
The lock recess looks like this was the original lock used. That is, the recess has not been recut.
There is a stamp on the inside of the lockplate. So far this is...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd May 2016, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd May 2016, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,291
French musket
Are there any French musket guys out there?
I have a flint musket on which I'd appreciate some insight. By the styling I have assumed it to be French. My father, Hugh Kelly. bought it about...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th April 2016, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 24,198
And just why did you remove this old, probably...
And just why did you remove this old, probably original, finish from your pistols?
As an accumulator (if not collector) of old guns I am very, very pleased when i can get one which has not been...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2016, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,893
NeilUK it is embarrassing to say, but though my...
NeilUK it is embarrassing to say, but though my library catalog says I have this DeWitt Bailey book I cannot find it tonight. Neither can I locate my rather expensive copy of R. Brooker's work 1603 -...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd March 2016, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,893
OK, to clarify. It is the outside dimensions of...
OK, to clarify. It is the outside dimensions of the BARREL that are about the same as my light dragoon pistol. Not the stock, not the hardware.
I noted this to confirm that, whatever is this pistol,...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2016, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,893
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Forum: European Armoury
21st March 2016, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,893
English Sea Service Pistol?
This plain pistol is of large caliber, 20mm, with a 230mm long barrel. The barrel is 30.3mm dia some 9-10mm ahead of the breech. This is identical to a British Light Dragoon pistol, marked Williams,...
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