expat_alaska
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I bought this at a gun show in Anchorage around 1992 and paid $20 for it. I gave it to my son in AZ several years ago, he has never shot it, and is supposedly in the process mailing it back to me. I am trying to figure out who made this (obviously a kit gun) and would like to make it look like a new kit gun project. I have never been able to find anything similar insofar as pictures online, and don't see any manufacturers offering anything close.
It is a percussion "boot" pistol, .36 caliber smoothbore with a spur trigger. No manufacturer markings, no date code, no proof marks. It is marked on the left side of the octagonal barrel ".36 CAL". On the right upper side it is hand stamped "A.T. CO.", which I think is a crude reference to Allen & Thurber.
I bought it to scare stray dogs from my garbage cans, loaded with 15 grains of Pyrodex P and a wad. It worked well for that, and the dogs stopped visiting. I never shot it with a lead ball, so I have no idea what the performance would be.
The hammer is not shrouded so I used to use a glove on the right hand so as not to get cap fragments embedded in my hand.
The picture was taken using his cell phone camera. I will send better when (and if) I receive it.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Jim
It is a percussion "boot" pistol, .36 caliber smoothbore with a spur trigger. No manufacturer markings, no date code, no proof marks. It is marked on the left side of the octagonal barrel ".36 CAL". On the right upper side it is hand stamped "A.T. CO.", which I think is a crude reference to Allen & Thurber.
I bought it to scare stray dogs from my garbage cans, loaded with 15 grains of Pyrodex P and a wad. It worked well for that, and the dogs stopped visiting. I never shot it with a lead ball, so I have no idea what the performance would be.
The hammer is not shrouded so I used to use a glove on the right hand so as not to get cap fragments embedded in my hand.
The picture was taken using his cell phone camera. I will send better when (and if) I receive it.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Jim