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Post by Enfield on Nov 22, 2017 12:01:51 GMT -6
My interest, these days have moved more towards the older collectible firearms, with a slant towards flintlocks. Here are a few on display, a few of note are the large pistol by Henry Nock, a nice little pair of brass pocket pistols and a brass Eprovette powder tester.
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Post by Alpo on Nov 23, 2017 8:46:19 GMT -6
How's that powder tester work?
I know (I think I know) that the gas from the shot pushes the thingy and the wheel turns, but I got no idea after that.
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Post by Enfield on Nov 23, 2017 12:53:32 GMT -6
Hi Alpo,
Yes, you got it, you load the stub barrel, rotate the wheel so that the arm touches the muzzle. When it fire it rotates the wheel and there are numbers on the wheel and spring that sits in the indentations in the wheel. The numbers on the wheel were not a standard as such, I understand they were just used as a comparison between batches. i.e. last months batch got to #7 and this months batch only got #6 so we give it a bit more.
Cheers
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Post by shooteruk on Nov 23, 2017 15:24:18 GMT -6
Thats quite a collection, look refinished. Your work? Like the bayonet on the lower turn off...
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Post by Enfield on Nov 23, 2017 21:14:24 GMT -6
Yes the larger two refinished before I got them and way too polished. The top middle one refinished by me (it was quite a mess when I got it). All others look original
Cheers
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Post by jwrauch on Nov 24, 2017 17:31:17 GMT -6
Great collection !!
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Post by shooteruk on Nov 26, 2017 14:47:32 GMT -6
When I was a kid I collected the little turn off pistols... I loved the turn off barrel and the little space for the ball and powder. I mainly collected them because they were very cheap at the time, late 60s early 70s. Not any more.
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