Fowler flintlock pistol

Pukka Bundook · 15th August 2015, 02:54 PM

Very nice pictures in the above posts.
The "French cocks" were quite popular in England & Ireland around the 1810 period, give or take a few years!

I wonder if the pistol in the O.P. has had the hammer (frizzen ) bobbed so that it would not be pulled open when withdrawing the pistol from an overcoat pocket?
It would be a bad time to lose one's priming, if the pistol was being withdrawn for defense!

Richard.

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15th August 2015, 02:54 PM	#10
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Very nice pictures in the above posts. The "French cocks" were quite popular in England & Ireland around the 1810 period, give or take a few years! I wonder if the pistol in the O.P. has had the hammer (frizzen ) bobbed so that it would not be pulled open when withdrawing the pistol from an overcoat pocket? It would be a bad time to lose one's priming, if the pistol was being withdrawn for defense! Richard.