another old unknown pistol

[dozer dan]

engravered on the side is: PORTO and more that i cant make out. and 1779
i know theres a conflict with dates, but im pretty sure its "1779"

 

[dozer dan]

one reply from my enquiry.


Re: pistol i.d.‏
From: Stuart Mowbray (stuart@manatarmsbooks.com)
Sent: Mon 5/11/09 12:30 PM
To: dan

It is a Portuguese military pistol made in England and taken into service at the Porto arsenal in Portuguese. The number might not be a date...it is tough to read but the date should be from the early 1800s...not the 1700s if it is a date. Maybe it is a storeroom number of some kind. stuart

 

[jsandin]

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/unidentified-flintlock-blunderbus-pistol-1-c-6s3d9aq3rt

seems to be a similar pistol. Maybe a reproduction or decoration?

Chip V.

TOP PISTOL: ANTIQUE


BOTTOM PISTOL: REPRO

no comparison.

I have a repro identical to that one on the bottom. Bought as a kit from Dixie Gun Works in 1976. It was called the Tower Pistol Kit. Made in Korea. It's the hardest-kicking pistol I've ever fired. The noise scared the hell out of my brother-in-law, who thought it was some sort of toy when I brought it to his farm to fire it.

 

[findstuf]

http://www.11thpa.org/Bess.html

looks similar to the time era of the brown bess