Can anyone identify this gun?
I went to my uncle's house, and he keeps some antique guns, I don't even know if they are real but some of them are pretty cool and detailed, this pistol got my attention by the details that it has on it, I took i photo with my phone so sorry by the bad quality, it has written on it "London" its the only thing I know.
PS.: I can't ask from where my uncle got it because he have alzheimer and he is already in bad shape :/ and his wife probably don't know either.
This will be tough. My uneducated guess....English made. But at this time before mass production guns were handmade and often bespoke. A maker may have never made the same exact pistol twice. You may want to have it professionally appraised. And for God's sake do not clean, polish or otherwise attempt to "restore" it. Great acquisition and good luck.
Looks like one of these ...
http://www.icollector.com/DOUBLE-BAR...STOL_i11086073
Yup, but his seems to have more ornate furniture. Oh...did you look for any proof marks, inspection marks or anything else that would help identify the maker?
No way I could help ID it, but I would be interested just to see higher resolution pictures.
Flintlock, besides that I got nothing.
W. Bailes made Flintlock pistols in London around 1750, however there are a lot of replica flintlocks on the market. I would suggest taking it to a registered firearms dealer who will know more about the origins. It can be extremely difficult to age pistols etc from a picture only. You need to feel the weight etc.
The gun is very heavy, when I tried to pick it up I thought it would be lighter, unforntunely I live in Brazil and I don't know where I can find a firearms expert or etc, next time I will try to get a better photograph, he have others guns too which are old too, its a good looking gun, but has not been taken care.
@bersaglieri no that is not the it, the gun have very more detailed and its a little darker.
Colors and details don't matterOriginally Posted by Gabriel
We need a Bat Signal for LD.
He can identify most cases.
Firearms made in that age were not homogenous and would be tailored to suit the requests of the purchaser or the whim of the gunmaker. Your pic appears to be of the exact same pattern of weapon as that in my link, but with a different finish.
Oh sorry hahaha, but thanks by all the search made it guys, I already got a start from where too look
@bersaglieri the gun in fact looks the same, I sorry I don't know much of antique guns.
Looks like;
English Over/Under tap action flintlock pistol by Wright of London,
I think Hollis called it. Hard to tell for sure without a detailed look at the lock, ON THE OTHER SIDE. Most decent locks at the time were made by London gunsmiths. So a whole lot of guns everywhere had London stamped on them. It's definitely a tap action.
A word of caution, you might want to double check and see if it's loaded or not...Sometimes sh*t happens with antiques like that....
Yes that's true CJ, that gun is there since I was born no one ever touched those guns not even for cleaning I think, next time I will check that
Thanks for the help of all, really thanks
Take a stick/ramrod and lay it along the outside of the barrels to the breech plug. Mark it at the muzzle, then insert it into the barrel and see if it's the same length. If it's short there could be a charge in there....
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