Turkish flintlock pistol nicely decorated

rickystl · 25th May 2015, 04:30 PM

Hi Bandook.
That is a really interesting pistol you found. Converted to percussion back in the period. You don't see many of these conversions. Good find!! And your's shows the typical long, hard use many of these pistols endured. The cost and thus limited availability of percussion caps in the Region is likely why we find so few of these guns converted.
Cerjack: That's a nice example you originally posted. Actually, I like the looks of the all iron mountede pistols like your's even more than the brass mounted ones.
Also, great looking pistols all. I came in to this Thread a bit late.
Just by coincidence, I was going to Post two of these pistols this weekend. So I shall do so on a seperate Post since it is picture heavy. Also close up pics of the two variations of the "false" ramrods discussed above.
Rick.

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25th May 2015, 04:30 PM	#33
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,632	Hi Bandook. That is a really interesting pistol you found. Converted to percussion back in the period. You don't see many of these conversions. Good find!! And your's shows the typical long, hard use many of these pistols endured. The cost and thus limited availability of percussion caps in the Region is likely why we find so few of these guns converted. Cerjack: That's a nice example you originally posted. Actually, I like the looks of the all iron mountede pistols like your's even more than the brass mounted ones. Also, great looking pistols all. I came in to this Thread a bit late. Just by coincidence, I was going to Post two of these pistols this weekend. So I shall do so on a seperate Post since it is picture heavy. Also close up pics of the two variations of the "false" ramrods discussed above. Rick.