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- can you help to identify a blunderbuss | The Firearms Forum
If Stoeger offered these guns it's likely there were some made in blunderbuss form for whatever clientele I have had several wheel lock pistols that dated from mid 1800s made for a market in Europe of renewed interest in early arms My clients were constantly on guard about these repros, which included swords, armor, etc
- Trying to identify a blunderbuss - The Firearms Forum
Wonderfull blunderbuss also called tromblon The ELG over star in an oval is the Belgian proof mark for the time 1810 to 1893, the mark under i,l seems it's proofed 1825 or 1852 The partly seen mark under i,l is an old one, used from ~1852 Z under star is the mark of inspector It's a muzzleloader flintlock tromblon in a good condition
- English blunderbuss - The Firearms Forum
He dated the blunderbuss at around 1768 His one concern from the pictures was the temporary repair of the butt plate The butt plate should be of a rather heavy cast and held on with two massive screws Not nails The reason for this is that after your first and most likely only shot was to use the blunderbuss as a weapon "club style"
- Need Help Identifying A Blunderbuss - The Firearms Forum
The hammer is French and a fair copy of the military hammers used during the Napoleonic wars and this would not normally be found on a blunderbuss If this blunderbuss was real, it would have cost a lot of money , and no one would have paid for such poor in-letting Last but not least, the big giveaway is the trigger guard
- 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS - The Firearms Forum
Edited to add The muzzle is oval and that is also a common feature of 'blunderbuss" pistols of that general era The idea was to spread a shot pattern to encompass several attackers, an important point when you have only one shot The barrel is certainly Damascus
- Blunderbuss or blunderbust? - The Firearms Forum
Contrary to common belief, the blunderbuss would never have been used (except in a dire emergency) with loose scrap, stones, or the like It was loaded with lead balls, just like a shotgun The short stock, if used at all, was not placed against the shoulder, but against the body or the leg, again the sort of hold favored by a horseman or a
- Pirate Blunderbuss - The Firearms Forum
The usual "blunderbuss" has a barrel that flares in a more gradual curve; this muzzle looks like it was added, like a variable choke So-called blunderbusses were used by people who might have to load the gun in a hurry from an awkward position That would include coach guards, riders of horses (or camels), and, yes, pirates
- Help with 1790 VOC Flintlock Blunderbuss pistol
The peice is older than the 1790 date the one peice wall and lock shroud shows that , i think its been a one off maker , barrel unknown but have seen brass alloyed with steel before from spain in the 1710-30's period , and some of them had a insert made of pure spanish steel like a modern barrel sleeve
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