"Tactical" Flintlock Pistol w/NiteLite

[LaBonte]

Intriguing to say the least - curious about the back story, maybe it was made for the Culper Ring

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[frogwalking]

I like it. I believe it would hold a goodly quantity of No. 4 buckshot so fine accuracy would not be required.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Just when I thought I had seen it all............ :haha: .... :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Grizzly Adams]

The upside down recoil must have been strange to deal with.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Now that is cool. :youcrazy:

 

[pargent]

night watchman's gun :thumbsup:

 

[MC One Shot]

Very neat indeed. That would be the neatest gun in one's collection. Wonder if it was designed for home protection or for pit lamping?

 

[Alden]

I think it were a gun of the elite Texas Rangers who might have used 'em ta hunt 'merican Injuns at night. These brave men could mosey the fields or into a family's tepee after dark, mesmerize the Comanche in place with the light from the Franklin lamp, and mow 'em down.

These and other pistols turned the tide not of battles but the war against the Injuns in the South West I recently done heard tell here...

 

[F.G. Ford]

Should be great for jacking deer at night?? :rotf: :shocked2:
Fred

 

[Grumpa]

Just what I need on the night stand! :thumbsup: :grin:

 

[zimmerstutzen]

It was provided to colonial YMCA camps for after camp fire snipe hunts.

 

[Grumpa]

Even then those poor snipes were being abused. :grin:

 

[Black Jaque Janaviac]

I've got it!

You load with a small charge of black powder and top it off with a piece of char-cloth. Charge the pan, fire the char-cloth out the barrel. Run across the room and pick up the char-cloth and place it in a nest of tow. Blow until flames appear. Voila! Use burning tow to light candle lamp!

I so smart I surprise myself sometimes.

 

[M. De Land]

I wonder if the candle had to be re-lit after each shot?
I heard it said that in the Old West one shot from a cap-n-ball revolver would put out every candle lamp in the saloon from indoor concussion. Wonder if that is true as well?

 

[nightwolf1974]

THAT'S SO COOL!!!!!! I wanna build one for my steampunk highwayman costume!!!!

 

[awebbersr]

Looked like barrel was cracked in front of the handle. Would think it would have been good in mines.

 

[Tinker2]

Would think it would have been good in mines.

:nono: :nono:
I was in a mine when someone fired a gun. :slap:

I don’t recommend it



William Alexander

 

[awebbersr]

Thanks, I'll remember that. Just made me think of all the westerns I've seen were prisoners are worked in mines and the guards have guns.

 

[Black Jaque Janaviac]

Is that where they came up with the idea for pin-ball games?

 

[54ball]

Highly suspect.....like the bladed musket/tomahawk fakes.