[MR] OT: Pirate Pistol

[Richard Mowbray]

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Richard



--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] OT: Pirate Pistol
> To: sigrune at aol.com
> Cc: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:45 PM
> What Takeda said.  For costume
> stuff, there's some fairly realistic replicas
> out there.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:03 PM, <sigrune at aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Does anyone know where I can find a working pirate
> pistol with a ball and
> > cap?
> >
> > Catalina
> > ================
> >
> > I take it from your post you are looking for a single
> shot pistol that uses
> > a percussion cap as opposed to a flintlock.
> > (These are primarily post 1810 weapons)
> >
> > I would suggest Dixie Gunworks and Navy Arms, though
> there are others out
> > there.
> >
> > This is a nice "Queen Anne" pistol,
> >
> > http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_187_189&products_id=9271
> >
> > This is a nice short one, mianly designed for
> signaling, but large caliber
> > short pistols were used by pirates as handgun
> shotguns.
> >
> > http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_187_189&products_id=2016
> >
> > Main thinks people think of when they see Pirate
> Pistol, are the large
> > clunky flintlock pistols.  The main reason they
> were full-stocked is these
> > were not typically carried for extended periods, and
> that mass offset the
> > recoil... Also after you fired your one shot, now you
> got a good heavy mace.
> > The golden age of pirates though was prior to the
> percussion cap, and most
> > percussion cap guns to not have quite the same shape
> of stock... well at
> > least not the affordable ones.
> >
> > If you are looking for a firing piece, there ya go...
> If you are looking
> > just for somethign to tuck in your belt, you would
> probably be better off
> > finding a non-firing replica.
> >
> > -Takeda
> >
> >
> >
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