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Steve Royer
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone could please help me identify this flintlock pistol. I have added photos. It has a Crown & a C on several parts. It also has some engraving on the side.
Thanks
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Lin Robinson
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It resembles the 1777 French Cavalry pistol but that is not what it is. However, I believe it is French based on the engraving on the lock plate which appears to read "Tulle" which was the French arsenal. The brass priming pan was also typical of French military firearms. The crown over the "C" is not a proof mark and is probably just an assembly mark or something of the sort. A search through my reference books did not turn up anything like it. It is possibly a gun made from the parts of a couple of other guns but I doubt it.
Maybe someone else can weigh in with a better idea.
Lin Robinson
"The best thing in life is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan the Barbarian, 1982
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Lin Robinson
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Yes I do. Don't believe I have ever seen one before but that is definitely what you have there, minus the ramrod.
Glad to help and I learned something in the process...
Lin Robinson
"The best thing in life is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan the Barbarian, 1982
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Steve Royer
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Would you mind providing your opinion of condition of mine versus the one that sold. Mine has a crack in it.
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Cerjak JL
Location: FRANCE Joined: 22 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sun 19 Aug, 2018 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: flintlock help |
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| Steve Royer wrote: | Hi,
I was wondering if someone could please help me identify this flintlock pistol. I have added photos. It has a Crown & a C on several parts. It also has some engraving on the side.
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Hi
The exact model:
PISTOLET DE MARINE, DIT « DE BORD », MODÈLE 1779, 1er type, ANCIENNE MONARCHIE.
So a pistol for the navy
Quite rare
Best
Cerjak
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Lin Robinson
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| Steve Royer wrote: | Would you mind providing your opinion of condition of mine versus the one that sold. Mine has a crack in it.
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The pistol being auctioned is in better condition than yours and has a ramrod, which yours does not.. If you are asking about value, I cannot really help you. This type pistol is apparently fairly rare, which the 1777 pistol is not, so that is a plus. Do not clean your pistol other than using a damp rag to carefully remove surface dirt. If you polish or heavily clean it, removing the patina it has developed over its lifetime, you will lessen its desirability to a collector. If you can locate a replacement ramrod that would help with value, as long as the replacement is an antique part.
That is about all I can tell you.
Lin Robinson
"The best thing in life is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan the Barbarian, 1982
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Steve Royer
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Wow! - Thanks for the good news. Now I have to find a trusted antique gun restorer in the Pennsylvania area.
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Lin Robinson
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| Steve Royer wrote: | | Wow! - Thanks for the good news. Now I have to find a trusted antique gun restorer in the Pennsylvania area. |
I am trying to get contact information for one in North Carolina. I am familiar with his work and know where he lives just need an address and phone for you.
Lin Robinson
"The best thing in life is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan the Barbarian, 1982
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Lin Robinson
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Alright Stephen...here is a suggestion.
Contact Chuck Dixon at Dixon’s Muzzleloading Shop
9952 Kunkels Mill Road Kempton, PA 19529
Phone: (610) 756-6271
Chuck knows everyone in that business and being in Pennsylvania it will be more convenient since you apparently live in PA. Hope that works for you.
Lin Robinson
"The best thing in life is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women." Conan the Barbarian, 1982
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