Strange Pistol

[mooncoon]

Some photos of my newest toy. Strange in the sense that the barrel I am sure dates to the 1700s, the lock started out european but apparently fell on hard times and was repaired by a wretched pharisee in India and the stock I think was made in India but well over 100 years ago using some original parts and some crude replacements. Ramrod is not real but is carved into the stock. I replaced the internals on the lock plus all of the screws but have not had time to shoot it yet.

cheers mooncoon

 

[tiriaq]

Nice swamped barrel, certainly looks to be older. The style of the pistol is earlier than what you would expect to see on an Indian rebuild. A lot of old parts got reused in India during the 19th and even 20th centuries, but most just do not have the style that this pistol has.

 

[Musketfire]

Thats nice!!

Kinda looks Germanic with the flat styled lockplate, but the pommel looks all english dragoon..

Purdy petronel.


R

 

[mooncoon]

It was the stock which sold me on the gun. Judging from the dirt and dust under the metal, it is very old.

I learned a lot from working on this lock; for example, in the past with small locks, I have had trouble getting enough room for the spring to bend when the mainspring is secured by a screw (which the original spring was) Discovered on this gun that because th spring is so wide and the barrel so tapered, I had to file quite a bevel on the upper leaf of the mainspring in order for it to clear the barrel. Also in the past the bend of the mainspring was more or less centered vertically on the lock plate. On this lock the bend is quite low ---- with the bend higher up, the end of the spring moves towards the center of the tumbler and can sometimes be a problem getting too close to the center. On this lock the end of the spring remains close to the end of the tumbler. I also remain puzzled why sears are mounted so close vertically to the screw for the sear spring; makes it difficult to get clearance between the two.

cheers Doug