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Flint Lock Pistol Information

gnprtsgnprts Member Posts: 350 ✭✭

Information needed for a .62 Caliber Flint Lock Pistol with an eleven inch barrel with no visible markings.

Where it was made, approximate date. Reproduction?


Thank You


 

Comments

  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,426 ✭✭✭✭

    just me but the wood looks machine made like the reproductions, but I am no expert. you may try to take it apart a little to see if any marks under barrell or on other side of the lock.

  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭

    Definitely a reproduction that sold for $69 in the 1970's. Probably made in Spain or Belgium. There should be proof marks on the bottom of the barrel. Looks very lightly used, if ever. Is the lock bolt missing?

  • gnprtsgnprts Member Posts: 350 ✭✭

    The visible hole is not threaded and the lock is secured with bolts through stock near the ends of the lock plate. Thanks for the help..

  • truthfultruthful Member Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭✭

    Some of the wood-to-metal fit is not the greatest. The lock is a bit odd and unfamiliar to me. I agree, an inexpensive reproduction.

  • mmppresmmppres Member Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭✭

    The metal might be orginal parts put into a new stock. Look inside the metal for proof marks like stated. That would be the tell as to being orginal metal. Barrel might be a cut off piece being reused.

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