Enfield Percussion Pistol
So, I don't know anything about British percussion pistols, but this looked cool and wasn't much money. What am I now the proud owner of? The lock is marked "crown/V.R." and "Enfield/1861".
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The hammer's off a Snider, Bill. :-) Is the barrel tapered at all? Looks like a straight bit of barrel to me. They Are getting good at the markings though.
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Very Good at the markings, fit and finish. Glen, when you get it (if getting it you are) look at the lock components that will tell you if its British or not. And the barrel underside. Even these guys...
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Pukka, old chap, where I am at the hammer is the part struck by the flint in the cock. I have heard that some radical folk have started (quite erroneously) to refer the these new percussion cocks as...
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Bill, Bill, Yes, quite right, but I like my fun :-) ....Now I know why I'm on a miserable pittance...destitute and raggy...banished to the colonies. living in the snow. Maybe when I recover some...
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Oh Captains my Captains (Bill and Richard). Totally agree about barrel not being right, and about general put together nature of entire gun. Rather, I was pontificating more generally about the...
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Well, I took it apart (pictures to follow tomorrow). The lock internals and hammer all have British inspectors marks, so the entire lock assembly does appear to be originally British. The saddle-bar...
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Wow. Very nicely done. Im stumped Glen. Whatever it is, I dont think its a new put together, and I dont think it comes by way of India or that neighborhood. The inletting is good, and the wood has...
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Go back to the fact that a snider lock has been used, as well as an octagonal barrel with dodgy markings, this indicates, to me, that it is a rather recently made up piece. It is one of better than...
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I cannot tell you what it is or who put it together, I can only tell you what it is not. It is not any model pistol produced for issue to either the Official British Land or Sea Services. It is not a...
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I guess that says it all folks. Glen, if you are caught with that pistol by Victorian officials you are in for it!
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Indeed. Quite a nifty display piece, though. I'd like to shoot it, but think I will defer on the side of caution since who knows what kind of steel was used for the barrel. It certainly seems stout...
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Gmkmd, If you wish to fire it, you could prove the barrel by firing it removed from the stock, so if it let go, (which I doubt,) only the barrel would be affected. Tied to a plank with a weight rigged...
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This example has an octagonal barrel from a UK dealer's site http://www.thelanesarmoury.co.uk/viewphoto.php?x=0
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NiallI often wonder how some dealers get away with it. Who falls for this rubbish?
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Even sadder is their attempt to validate the pistol by the false claim that the octgonal barrel means it is a rare officers model , which is an outright falsehood. To quote from the website: "This is...
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These imaginative and implausible, if not fraudulent, descriptions are a particular problem with these clowns, but unfortunately they are not alone in this speciality.
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