4 barrel flintlock pistol - The Firearms Forum

mike3420 · 12-30-2009, 01:33 PM

Can anyone help me with this? I have had this in my gun case for years now.

Jim K · 12-30-2009, 02:28 PM

It is hard to assess the age of such a thing, but it was most certainly not "Made in England", nor did it pass the Birmingham Nitro Proof test. I suspect it is one of the many fake "Arabian" guns turned out in relatively recent years in the middle east, more for sale to tourists than as any kind of serious weapon. It is hard to tell from the pictures if it is actually capable of being fired, but many of those guns have locks that are decorative rather than functional.

Jim

mike3420 · 12-30-2009, 02:57 PM

I have taken it to a few gun shows. I have been told that it can be fired, But I do not want to be the one to try it out...

deadin · 12-30-2009, 03:36 PM

I have to go along with Jim on this one. (First time I've ever seen a nitro proof (BNP) on a flintlock.

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Dean

ampaterry · 12-30-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by deadin

I have to go along with Jim on this one. (First time I've ever seen a nitro proof (BNP) on a flintlock.

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Dean

A very future oriented proof house, perhaps?

mike3420 · 12-30-2009, 04:39 PM

Trust me where I got this there isn't any tourism

deadin · 12-30-2009, 06:24 PM

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Trust me where I got this there isn't any tourism

Someplace in the sandbox?? (ends in 'stan?)

mike3420 · 12-30-2009, 09:48 PM

a stan possibly

deadin · 12-30-2009, 11:32 PM

That's where a lot of things like this are made. They're not necessarily sold locally, but exported to tourist areas.

Jim K · 12-31-2009, 09:23 PM

Hi, Mike,

Before the Russian invasion and then the Taliban/Al Qaeda, there was a fair amount of tourist business in the Afghanistan-Khyber Pass area. And there still are a lot of people running around that territory with money wanting to buy novelties and souvenirs. Not tourists - American and allied troops and contractors.

As far as old style guns being made to sell as novelties or souvenirs, I can only say that you bought it, didn't you?

Jim

12-30-2009, 01:33 PM	#1
mike3420 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6	4 barrel flintlock pistol Can anyone help me with this? I have had this in my gun case for years now. Attached Images -->

12-30-2009, 02:28 PM	#2
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol It is hard to assess the age of such a thing, but it was most certainly not "Made in England", nor did it pass the Birmingham Nitro Proof test. I suspect it is one of the many fake "Arabian" guns turned out in relatively recent years in the middle east, more for sale to tourists than as any kind of serious weapon. It is hard to tell from the pictures if it is actually capable of being fired, but many of those guns have locks that are decorative rather than functional. Jim Last edited by Jim K; 12-30-2009 at 02:30 PM..

12-30-2009, 02:57 PM	#3
mike3420 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol I have taken it to a few gun shows. I have been told that it can be fired, But I do not want to be the one to try it out...

12-30-2009, 03:36 PM	#4
deadin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 867	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol I have to go along with Jim on this one. (First time I've ever seen a nitro proof (BNP) on a flintlock.) Dean

12-30-2009, 04:39 PM	#6
mike3420 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol Trust me where I got this there isn't any tourism

12-30-2009, 09:48 PM	#8
mike3420 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol a stan possibly

12-30-2009, 11:32 PM	#9
deadin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 867	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol That's where a lot of things like this are made. They're not necessarily sold locally, but exported to tourist areas.

12-31-2009, 09:23 PM	#10
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: 4 barrel flintlock pistol Hi, Mike, Before the Russian invasion and then the Taliban/Al Qaeda, there was a fair amount of tourist business in the Afghanistan-Khyber Pass area. And there still are a lot of people running around that territory with money wanting to buy novelties and souvenirs. Not tourists - American and allied troops and contractors. As far as old style guns being made to sell as novelties or souvenirs, I can only say that you bought it, didn't you? Jim