HIPPIE NOO YEAH
Mid 19th Century - these were the self defence 'CARRY GUN' for a subprime average Joe or Jude.
NOBODY wants a half inch hole in their guts or chest as payment for upsetting someone .. so in those days folk mostly were quiet mannered, polite and respectful .. less opinionated perhaps.
One of these babies, bought with a bullet mold, a tin of powder - some caps, and maybe a handful of ready-made balls might provide family entertainment AND security for years:
Food, Knowledge & Security (but the Garlic is Chinese shop bought)
No charge for telling you .. but this second 54 Bore 'Turn-Off' pistol made me sweat & swear trying to release the seized barrel .. and yes I DID put several new marks on the gun as I was hot-wrestling with it - the butane torch - the can of CRC - a tub of water - the bench vise - some strips of leather and a massive Stillson plumbers wrench ..
Fully Functional & Cleaned-Up .. Ready For whatever in the next 150 Years
The old nipple next let go reasonably easy and a S.S. nipple for a ROA spun into place as if it were built for it ..
Chamber cleaned-up showing Flash-Hole:
I'm getting OK ish at juggling subject in one hand, camera/phone in the other - light in another hand .. I reckon *HE* made a mistake only giving us two hands eh. - A "before" image would only have titilated someone with pics of black grit mess over corroded steel. Those internal lock parts must have been assembled & fitted by very small hands ..
Note: Both of these antique wee snubbie carry guns - while being Birmingham UK Proofed - and the same caliber and style of cap'n'ball pistol - are very different in chamber sizes, nipple threads and barrel wall thickness .. interesting eh. - I've got another one coming which I will be keen to compare.
- I have read that these Proof Marks have been falsified sometimes?
In this percussion period - say 1840-80 .. Birmingham England and Liege Belgium were both centers of manufacturing small arms. It would be interesting to find some record of interchange of gun parts as there does seem to have been "parallel" development of firearm types.
Many of the larger London Gun Houses had their guns made in Belgium while engraved in England. - Sub-contracting is not a recent development. - Pieceworkers were often employed on the basis of HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY HAD .. to do the out-work.
Marty K.
Here's Interesting .. DOUBLE ENDED Belgian? POCKET PISTOLS Link:
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