[MR] [Carrying A] OT: Pirate Pistol

[David Chessler]

A couple of points not yet mentioned. A pistol that does not fire fixed
ammunition (muzzle loader, etc) is still considered a pistol in Virginia,
Pennsylvania (Pennsic), though not in Maryland. This means that if you carry
it concealed you will be committing a criminal offense--one that often has a
mandatory minimum prison sentence. "Open carry" is legal in Virginia, but not
in Pennsylvania. Wearing your cloak or cape over your pistol is probably
"concealment". 

Furthermore, if you look at firearms books, most firearms including some
military arms, are engraved, or adorned with precious metals, etc. The Denix
models (reproductions) are castings, and will imitate the firearms of the
Pirate period. And, since they can't be fired, won't require you to be
familiar with gun laws. 

And there are, to my knowledge and belief, no venues in the SCA in which
firearms are used. They are dangerous, and there are legal issues, so they are
not used. I see little chance of this changing. There are other groups of
reenactors that do use firearms, but not the SCA.

So I would suggest spending $50 or less to get a reproduction. If you want a
gun, you can get some 18th C flintlocks or 19th C caplocks ("Kentucky
Pistols", etc) at gun stores. These are about $250 and up, and are munitions
grade (plain, no engraving, no inlays, etc). They can be fired, though not
within the SCA, and subject to the laws of the various states. 


--

YIS

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
Storvik (rapier)
Roxbury Mill (other things) 

------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:04:16 AM EST
From: Catalina Galiano <catalinagaliano at gmail.com>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] OT: Pirate Pistol

> Thank you all for the information. I was looking for the information for my
> dad. I knew that this would be a good place to find the information for
him.
> I will be passing it on to him.
> 
> Thank you,
> Catalina
> 
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Funny, I never had any kind of facination for old guns, but I
> > appreciate their form and design when it pops up in Lightsabers, which
> > is my hobby. Collecting and making lightsabers. If you look at some of
> > the lightsabers in the star wars movies, Luke's saber has the old
> > musket look to the front even though it was made with an old 30s style
> > flashtube.
> >
> > On 1/6/10, sigrune at aol.com <sigrune at aol.com> wrote:
> > > I can understand that, I have a penchant for turn of the century
> > > (1885-1910) arms.
> > >
> > > Do you do "Cowboy" action shooting?
> > >
> > > -Takeda
> > >
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