Does any one know what this pistol is and who made them.
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.455_Hunter
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As a kid in the 80's, I remember seeing many ads for this gun (New Orleans Ace?) and a ducksfoot variant in various pseudo-sportsmans/outdoorsy magazines or catalogs. The 10 year old me thought they looked pretty cool.
Another name for the type is "Muff Pistol". Because the barrel is screwed on, and the bullet was larger than the bore, the things had a surprising bite for their size. I think it is neat that Dixie Arms makes a kit. I don't have any of my old 70's and 80's Dixie Catalogs, but I am sure Turner Kirkland was selling them then, if not back in the 1950's.
More about this type
The Ladies' Protector
More about this type
The Ladies' Protector
hawg
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Dixie doesn't make anything. That one was made by Classic Arms and they've been out of business for years. DGW does sell a screw barrel kit but it's a steel frame made by Perdersoli.
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Ranger99
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If that is indeed the new orleans ace
from back then, the barrel isn't designed
to be removed for each shot
There's supposed to be a metal ramrod
that goes into ferrules inleted into the
barrel, and is loaded like a conventional
muzzleloading peestol
Had one of those years ago
from back then, the barrel isn't designed
to be removed for each shot
There's supposed to be a metal ramrod
that goes into ferrules inleted into the
barrel, and is loaded like a conventional
muzzleloading peestol
Had one of those years ago
woodnbow
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I always wondered how you’d get your assailants to fan out just so… I suppose you could fire it gangster style and hit them in the knee, the belly, and the forehead…
hawg
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I bought a Twister back in the 70's. I gave it away a few years ago.
armoredman
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Was that the two barrel derringer where you twisted the barrels to line up the next shot? I wanted one of those back in the early 80s, but had zero funds,
hawg
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yep
NIGHTLORD40K
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Lol!
noelf2
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You can get the missing parts at Deer Creek gun parts.
You have a nice range 'toy'.
Today of course, these are just fun range/plinking guns. However, their original facsimiles were scary considering in their time, a scratch could prove fatal if it became infected. Just imagine a dirty patch or ball only penetrating an inch or so but infects the wound. The card game or saloon girl just became un-fun!
I expect even though this belly gun was diminutive, when it was pulled, even Yosemite Sam would flash his "BACK OFF" sign. Who wants to die the slow painful death of infection?
Today of course, these are just fun range/plinking guns. However, their original facsimiles were scary considering in their time, a scratch could prove fatal if it became infected. Just imagine a dirty patch or ball only penetrating an inch or so but infects the wound. The card game or saloon girl just became un-fun!
I expect even though this belly gun was diminutive, when it was pulled, even Yosemite Sam would flash his "BACK OFF" sign. Who wants to die the slow painful death of infection?
Ranger99
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Yeah
Not to mention dragging a piece of
dirty clothing into the wound covered
with dried sweat and no telling what
kind of dirt and animal manure, etc. etc.
armoredman
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I'd heard they were meant for shipboard use, so your targets would likely be packed on the deck trying to put a cutlass in yer belly!
Oldschool shooter
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Classic Arms New Orleans Ace.
noelf2
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Mine has a rifled barrel. They came that way early on. No point really, which is probably why they stopped doing it.
