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Posted: 3/15/2011 7:55:52 PM EDT
Threw in the BP pistol pic for fun. It is obviously a repro. The barrel has a fuse hole. Any info?
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Posted: 3/15/2011 7:58:38 PM EDT
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One that was made in shop class with a wiggly vise and a metal file?
Is there a breech plug? |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 7:59:57 PM EDT
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Looks like a swivel gun.
Must be 16.8 mm; that would be .66 caliber or 16 gauge. I would like to see a photo of the breech and touch hole. |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:01:07 PM EDT
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Looks like a swivel gun. Must be 16.8 mm; that would be .66 caliber or 16 gauge. swivel gun? |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:02:08 PM EDT
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Thats a Kopie barrel. It's stamped right on the side.
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:02:15 PM EDT
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Hand gonne. should have a long straight wood stock.
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:03:10 PM EDT
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Looks like a swivel gun. Must be 16.8 mm; that would be .66 caliber or 16 gauge. swivel gun? Shipboard weapon, usually mounted to the railing. Good guess on his part. |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:05:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:09:09 PM EDT
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Seems very small for a defensive weapon at sea......
This has no mounting holes at all. Just the fuse hole. Seems old. Smooth bore. |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:09:31 PM EDT
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I think I see proof marks to the left of "KAL". That would identify the country of origin and approximate date of manufacture.
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:12:15 PM EDT
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Seems very small for a defensive weapon at sea...... This has no mounting holes at all. Just the fuse hole. Seems old. Smooth bore. The barrel in the photo above has trunnions for mounting to the swivel, and that's the only way I've seen one made, but a separate band with trunnions would be simple to manufacture. Check for proof marks. It's Dutch, German, or Swiss. How long is the barrel? How about other dimensions across the flats and the diameter of the muzzle? |
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Posted: 3/15/2011 8:17:16 PM EDT
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Here is a good link for identifying proof marks. http://www.castpics.net/subsite/ProofMarks/Proofmarks.pdf
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Posted: 3/15/2011 9:03:49 PM EDT
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I can't see the fuse hole in the pictures. Match locks were in use during the time of the Columbus explorations. Flintlocks were in use until the mid 1800's. The math locks required a lit length of wick type material fitted to a pivoting mechanism to fire a hand carried firearm, and had a tough hole that was ignited similarly to BP cannons. The flintlocks and other period firearms had a flash hole that is basically just a hole drilled in the barrel.
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