Miquelet blunderbuss anyone?

[Wes/Tex]

Looking for something else entirely when stumbled across a site for pirate stuff with real operating blunderbusses. No idea if these are Indian made or where they come from but they're operational and they have videos on how to load and fire them. and a miquelet to boot!
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/8265/products/trubuco1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1425572422

For the more traditional...
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/8265/products/frenchbb1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1399057485
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/8265/products/gfbb1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1399048572
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/8265/products/dutchblunderbuss1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1493424324

Do hope this is real. There was an entire line of muskets pistols and escopeta light muskets but they're all "sold out". Love to know who makes them for this outfit!

 

[Electric Miner]

On one of the blunderbuss entries it says "parts by Loyalist Arms".

 

[Electric Miner]

Further info from their site...


We hand make most of the Pirate Blackpowder Firearms arrrrselve. Sometimes we make every part here at Pirate Fashions, some of it we get parts from quality suppliers such as Loyalist Arms and Blackley N Son. 100% of the working blackpowder firearms have be proof tested using the British Standard of triple the load and two balls. We also warrantee each of arrrr firearms with a lifetime warrantee.


Anyone out there have any info or experience with these guys?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

FWIW, Alden (who posts on here) bought a few guns from them and was left less than impressed:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/.../post/1357081/hl/Pirate+fashions/fromsearch/1/

 

[curator]

The Pirate Fashion folks have moved their bricks and mortar store from St. Augustine to Tampa. Apparently the pirate reenactors are more plentiful there. They also travel to various pirate festivals throughout the south east. Some of their guns are gunsmith-built others are imports from India. They seem decent enough folks trying to make a living in a specialty niche. The miquelet blunderbuss I looked at there seemed well made with decent wood to metal fit.

Pirate reenactors are a passionate bunch who buy a lot of booty to prefect their persona. From a historical point of view it is more "Jack Sparrow" hollywood than authentic Spanish Main. Fort Myers Beach has their annual Pirate Festival October 6 through 8th I wouldn't be surprised to see Tiger Lee from the South China Sea there as one of the venders.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Kit Ravenshear used to make such things and they looked like they would be a lot of fun to shoot. Matchlocks, doglocks and "regular" flintlocks.

He had a "cup mortor" that was a shortened Bess with a 6" barrel end that would accept a tennis ball.