HELP need info on this pistol please! PICS

[dingus]

I just bought this 4 barrel percusion about 30 caliber has Dublin on the one side and MARK & nd Pattison on the other side theres a letter in front of the nd but i dont know what it is werid writeing they used back then.
Came over on the boat before the titanic sunk.
Anyone got a book with some info???
That round turent at the hammer nose turns by hand to fire 1 then 2 then 3 then 4 rds has a silver triangle at back of wood one piece grip has a fancy end cap at butt and the whole thing has lots of engraveing.
The 4 barrels unscrew seperatly
Has half and full #### works great.
I have never seen this gun on the net or in any book.
So any info would be great i bought it localy.
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[dingus]

Heres another pic showing the fancy butt cap and shows the shape of the grip. Its a real nice gun to hold. Anyone jump in here eh! someones gota have some info on Pattison
Mooncoon has told me there Gunmakers from Ireland but they musta made more than one gun eh??
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[Ritchie]

Man, you find some nice goodies.

 

[Dantforth]

Thomas Pattison
Other Names M Pattison; M & J Pattison; Robert Pattison
Address 1 Unknown address
Address 2 Crampton Court?
Address 3
Address 4
Address 5
Address 6
Address 7
City/Town Dublin
County
State/Region/Province
Country Ireland
Trade Gunmakers
Other Address
Dates 1835-1860?
Notes
Thomas Pattison was a gunmaker in Dublin in about 1800-1820. His address is not uncertain but may have been Crampton Court.
A 6 bore double barrelled percussion fowling piece by M Pattison circa 1840 has been seen.

Mark & John Pattison were recorded from 1835 to 1850.

Robert Pattison was recorded in 1850, and may have continued in business until 1860 when the premises appear to have been taken over by Paddy Garnett (see Paddy Garnett). As with Rigby, the firm sold guns with etched damascus barrels.

I found this on <www.internetgunclub.com>...the best kept secret on the net. Dave

 

[Sharptail]

Dingus, Thomas Pattison was a gunmaker in Dublin from about 1800 to 1820. His address is not certain but may have been Crampton Court.

Mark & John Pattison were recorded as being in business together from 1835 to 1850. I would guess that this is the era your gun is from. There is also a record of a John Pattison in Bridlington, Yorkshire acting as a sporting goods dealer from 1840 to 1842, but it could be a different individual. A 6 bore double barrelled percussion shotgun by M Pattison known to be circa 1840 has been seen.

Robert Pattison was recorded in 1850, and may have continued in business until 1860 when the premises appear to have been taken over by one Paddy Garnett. As with Rigby, the firm sold guns with etched damascus barrels.

The information supplied here was provided by Robin J Knowles and the Internet Gun Club.

You have a very interesting pistol in pretty decent shape. It looks like very aggressive rifling in that muzzle shot - or is that just at the muzzle? In any case, you don't see one like that every day.

p.s. Danforth, you beat me to it.

Sharptail

 

[dingus]

Thanks Guys this is a great start and adds to mooncoons info he emailed me.

Them star shapes in the bores are for a special wrench as you have to un screw the barrels to load this puppy but thats a good thing as the balls cant fall out and makes a more powerfull rd as its nice and tight.

I got guys in the US want this big time already so im gona do more reserch.
Anymore info would be great. Heres a simalar but diffrent Rigby useing the same hammer turret and same type of barrels that unscrew with a wrench.
The rest of this one is diffrent but the action is basicaly the same.
This Rigby is listed at $11500 LOL probebly cause it says Rigby.
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[Dantforth]

It may say "Rigby" but then yours was made in Ireland which I would think makes it very desireable. In that period most makers were from the London... Birmingham area of England and most arms were imported into Ireland from there. Once in most lifetimes does something like this come along. Good luck.
Dave

 

[nessy357]

Dingus-------Nice pistol, by any chance did you pick that up in Blackcreek ?
I was talking to someone, long time ago, he told me about his aunt who had emigrated from Ireland with her furniture.They found a pepperbox in in a drawer, one cyl loaded.He said that aunty said that was the norm in Irerland.
They also found a grenade in the same drawer.
Cheers nessy.

 

[dingus]

Dingus-------Nice pistol, by any chance did you pick that up in Blackcreek ?
I was talking to someone, long time ago, he told me about his aunt who had emigrated from Ireland with her furniture.They found a pepperbox in in a drawer, one cyl loaded.He said that aunty said that was the norm in Irerland.
They also found a grenade in the same drawer.
Cheers nessy.

Yep thats the guy! The pepper box was a cooper. I wonder if mines Loaded LOL i aint unscrewed the barrels yet
I was gona buy the Cooper pepper box to but it had busted nipples and damaged and a part missing but i think #### will like it that guy can fix Anything so when he gets back from his bear hunt hes gona go look at it and buy it.

 

[Ritchie]

Hey Dingus, do you have a drawing of how the "drop down" triggers work in those and many other guns?

Or some pics of "the guts"? I really cant figure out how they work.

 

[dingus]

No i dont even have a gun with a drop down trigger maby Mooncoon does.

 

[mooncoon]

I need a bucket of twoits --- I have one but have never had time to pull it apart and see how it works. I intend to some day.

cheers mooncoon