It's in relic condition and will never be fired again. It will look nice in a shadow box with my Remington New Model Army. I got the pistol for $80.I post some better photo's when the sun comes up.
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iwuzwhatiwuz
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I thought this one had fallen through the cracks but the guy emailed me back yesterday. And so with out further ado here is my Belgian Army Flintlock.
It's in relic condition and will never be fired again. It will look nice in a shadow box with my Remington New Model Army. I got the pistol for $80.I post some better photo's when the sun comes up.
It's in relic condition and will never be fired again. It will look nice in a shadow box with my Remington New Model Army. I got the pistol for $80.I post some better photo's when the sun comes up.
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ponycarman
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nice!Let me make a short, open, blanket comment. There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a descent person is no threat to anyone--- except bad people. -- Charleton Heston
Guns are not good, they are not evil. Save those descriptions for the people holding the firearm. -- Unknown
1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
Guns are not good, they are not evil. Save those descriptions for the people holding the firearm. -- Unknown
1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
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Neat. Thanks for sharing
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms,
you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
"When I die, I want to be facing my enemies surrounded by their dead bodies and piles of spent brass"
"Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain
804
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Junk Yard Dog
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You understand that's an enormously good deal on a period flintlock of any kind right? Dug up out of the ground this sort of thing goes for more than that. 
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Sweet 
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iwuzwhatiwuz
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I have been extremely blessed with finding the deals I have lately. I think it will look great above the fire place with my CVA Kentucky rifle
Here are the better pictures I promised.
Here are the better pictures I promised.
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Any markings on it?
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iwuzwhatiwuz
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A "B" with a crown. It won't go to full cock just half. The trigger will fall at about 1lb (!) and the bore is fairly clean.
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Junk Yard Dog
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Great Deal 
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Wow, an amazing deal on an awesome piece
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Heckuva deal IWWIW!"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien