Scottish Belt Pistols
- Thread starter nessy357
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- West coast of Vancouver Island
wow!
Many thanks for the photos. Also near the bottom is a photo of the butt of a gun by McCulloch and finally I can see one with a seam joining the side of the butt to the top and bottom. The ramshorn is silver soldered to the butt but on the only gun I have ever had in my hands, I could not see any seam to join the sides to the top and bottom strap. I have been wondering for a long time just how the curved butt was made.
I increasingly think that the front of the metal stock was forged into a U shape and that the butt or handle portion was silver soldered on to permit the curve. There are several tiny screws which hold the barrel into the stock.
cheers mooncoon
I increasingly think that the front of the metal stock was forged into a U shape and that the butt or handle portion was silver soldered on to permit the curve. There are several tiny screws which hold the barrel into the stock.
cheers mooncoon
Also why they stuck with miquelet locks for so long? Perhaps the answer to Nessy's question is that the Scots were too cheap to buy flints and needed something strong enough and heavy enough to conk the other guy on the head :>) :>)
A realistic answer might be that at the time the pistols were first developed, wood stocks were pretty fragile and the metal stock prevented broken butts. The guns are heavier than one with a wood stock but not a lot heavier in my memory.
cheers mooncoon
A realistic answer might be that at the time the pistols were first developed, wood stocks were pretty fragile and the metal stock prevented broken butts. The guns are heavier than one with a wood stock but not a lot heavier in my memory.
cheers mooncoon
