Thanks! Mine looks like a copy of the Lefaucheux, which is rifled...mine is smoothbore. Lefaucheux was the pinfire inventer. The "search" turned...
This was a gift from the remnants of an Estate with very many fine firearms. I didn't get any of the others, but I'm happy to have this one. The...
Thank you sincerely, AJ!
Very nice...Thanks!
Oooh...Ahhhh! They both be some lovely, eh?
If they were reversed, it may have been used as a seal or stamp, with ink for paper or fabric, or on poured wax. It's just a thought.
Sure looks like that level of material and skill in execution. What are some dimensions? I've no idea if it's Tiffany, but it is most...
Sorry...The entire item, a few pics to give all of us a good view of the piece entire.
Google Translate allows Ruì zuò for those two characters, as Chinese. Thanks!
Your pistol is a Percussion Cap gun. The P.C. was introduced ~1820. Cap & Ball guns were made to discharge a bore-diameter solid ball. Edward...
Very good! Thank you, 2many...
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