Real or repro???

[peigunguy]

View attachment 133400View attachment 133401my friend has a chance to get this pistol...flintlock TOWER markings....any way to tell if its real or not...has a bunch of proof marks....but its hard to say....anyone know of a surefire way to tell?

 

[tacfoley]

I hope that I might be forgiven for opining that that is a mighty strange piece of wood for an original, and also that the colouration appears to have been wiped off around the surface level with the lock plate.

tac

 

[tokguy]

The slots on the screw heads seem awfully thin, with sharp corners. Old screws are not like that... IMO

 

[gunsaholic]

In my opinion, if it is real it must have been in storage for the last 200 years!

 

[mooncoon]

I am going to tentatively go with original and perhaps some screws replaced. Closeups of the lock plate and the proof marks would be very helpful. Stock may have had a light sanding some time ago. I think the light colour that Tac refers to might be just lighting effects

cheers mooncoon

 

[CMichaud]

I am going to tentatively go with original and perhaps some screws replaced. Closeups of the lock plate and the proof marks would be very helpful. Stock may have had a light sanding some time ago. I think the light colour that Tac refers to might be just lighting effects

cheers mooncoon

I would tend to agree. Original that has underwent refurb IMHO

 

[Gnome75]

I am no expert but I highly question a real anything that very old and in like new condition.

The others are probably right about it being real but refurbished.

 

[tiriaq]

I have a Wilkinson flint shotgun finished September 1822 in better condition, and a Cogswell & Harrison percussion that is darn near new. Age does not mean that condition necessarily suffers.



There is something about the pistol that isn't quite right. I don't know if there was a Tower pistol with a belt hook like that. I think it might be made up.

 

[1812we1]

Looking at the wood and condition I would say it's a well aged Loyalist Arms repro.

 

[Mephistopheles]

The 3rd pic of your Sea Service Pistol is the store keepers stamp , the stock is original but looks like it has been cleaned. Is it possible to take the lock off and see the inside. A close up of the lock plate with the Kings Cypher . Left side of the barrel should have proof marks.

 

[cpbird91]

I have a Wilkinson flint shotgun finished September 1822 in better condition, and a Cogswell & Harrison percussion that is darn near new. Age does not mean that condition necessarily suffers.
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There is something about the pistol that isn't quite right. I don't know if there was a Tower pistol with a belt hook like that. I think it might be made up.

Stunning pieces

 

[tula]

Have to watch it , loyalist also has made reproduction stampings. However to me it looks original though I also agree it’s been refurbished, looks like a Navy to me. I used to play with an original one as a child... poor thing I used it hard, but old Bob who’s collection it was in told my father one day after I’d dropped it,not to worry that’s what it was built for.