Wagdon English target pistol

[jerrywh]

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All hand made Wagdon style English flintlock target pistol with complex lever single set hair trigger and Custom made 10" tapered octagon barrel rifled 1 turn in 25" 54 cal.
The lock is an L&R Durrs Egg that has been tuned Engraved and color case hgardened. The springs have been reworked and balanced.

 

[Bearkiller]

Beautiful pistol ya' got there :thumbsup:

 

[Wes/Tex]

If that baby is in your gun cabinet, I'm one jealous owl hoot! :hatsoff:

 

[cositrike]

Wagdon? Is this a typo? I believe the gunmakers name is Wogdon. Sorry if I have the wrong end of the barrel.
Simon C

 

[Renegade Dan]

SWEET! :thumbsup:

 

[BillinOregon]

Jerry, your pistol strikes me as a stunning example of fine gunmaking. The individual parts are wonderful in themselves, but what sets the gun apart is how they all contribute to making the whole much greater than the sum. The lines flowing from the butt down the stock and barrel to the muzzle all create a sense of urgent geometry and useful motion toward a target -- whatever it might be. If I had to single out one component, it would be that barrel, with its nearly mystical taper.
The more I look at the photos, the more "stuck" I am for words.

 

[rickystl]

That is a GREAT looking pistol!! The trigger guard is my favorite. :thumbsup: :hatsoff: Rick.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Stunningly beautiful! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[wulf]

You are a Master. No doubt about that!!!!!!
Wulf

 

[dave_person]

Hi Jerry,
Wonderful pistol!! Truly representative of English quality during the late 18th century. The engraving is wonderful and in perfect taste for the period. Well done Jerry, as always. My only comment is that you reproduced the style of the great John Twigg not Robert Wogdon. Twigg was one of the fathers of the English dueling pistol and you did very well by him.

Your friend,

dave

 

[jerrywh]

I love John Twigg but I wanted a target pistol and I have never seen a target pistol made by Twigg. I Plan to make a sporting rifle in the Twigg style. I even have a Twigg sliding safety lock.

 

[Tinker2]

:thumbsup:

 

[Alden]

So sweet! That's a warm work of art.