Find this flintlock pistol 2 weeks ago what era?

Mitchell_smith

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Find this flintlock pistol 2 weeks ago what era?

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Dug? If that's the case, then it is from the last week or last month era.
 

I've come back and looked at the gun again, and that's a shotgun lock. CVA and Traditions cap lock Kentucky pistols all seem to have a drum and nipple. The fancy hammer and the lock plate are for an open hammer cartridge shotgun. So my guess now is that it's a parts gun, and someone used a kit Kentucky pistol stock, to attempt to build a parts muzzle loader.

Traditions kit.jpgThis is a photo of a Traditions kit. Note the lock plate is cut for drum and nipple.

cartridge shot gun.jpgHere is an open hammer cartridge shot gun. Note how the lock plate goes up under the barrel and the fancy hammer, totally different from a muzzleloader. The gun breaks open, so the part of the lock under the barrel isn't in wood, but if you look close you can see what I'm looking at.
 

All it has is a patten for 1859
It can have a patten of 1859 and still be a more modern kit gun.. Patten dates can range like that.. For example if you buy a 45 single action colt from the 1940's it will still more than likely have a patten date on it from around the 1870's.. The patten date is part of the nostalgia of the kit gun itself.. Just my thoughts..
 

Here is a better picture of the lock style I'm talking about, and it's on a cartridge gun.

cartridge shot gun1.jpgHere is a better photo of the hammers and lock plate. And here is a photo of a lock like the ones used on the CVA and Traditions Kentucky pistols. lock plate.jpg Note the cut out in front of the hammer for the drum and nipple.

In the process of looking for those photos, I came upon this one. spanish pistol.jpg This is a Spanish made replica. Note the lock looks a lot like the gun in question, although the hammer isn't as fancy.
 


You got the exact gun. The more I looked the more confused I got. I knew it had to be a CVA or Traditions stock, but the lock really had me stumped. Good job Tnmountains. You beat me by three minutes, and I wouldn't have posted mine.

It's not CVA, looking at the link you posted, it's a Spanish knock off, and I'll bet the lock was initially intended for a shotgun. Still a great post though.
 

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I have one just like it. Everyone made reproductions of that pistol perdesolli,CVA, some variations but that is not an original. First of all the wood would never survive. That was sanded down from the blank they gave you and lost loaded.
 

I knew when I saw it. I finally solved something!! yee haaa What section am I in? :dontknow: hahaha
 

Dug? If that's the case, then it is from the last week or last month era.

Agreed, in my opinion if that was in the ground, (at least where it could get wet), it wasn't there very long.
 

"a farm near tennessee battlefield."

My guess is a reproduction lost during a reenactment of the battle.

Doc
 

Its not old and if it was lost it was a VERY recent loss judging by the shape its in. By the way did you upload anymore pictures of that jar of $2 bills you found, I would love to see them, how many was there? what years were they? people want to know. Take a couple pictures for us and show us tonight.
 

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