double barreled pistol?

[Weird Guy]

I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean with my girlfriend the other night and noticed that one of the pirates carries a double barreled pistol. This is the bald headed nitwit of the "old married couple" who has the friend with a false eye. The pistol is a side by side arrangement, like an old shotgun.

I've never seen such a reproduction for sale anywhere, either flint or percussion cap version. Have you guys seen such a pistol?

 

[Thylacine]

A real one, no. But Waaaaay back when I was a kid I had a cap gun exactly like that one.

 

[Father Knows Best]

No repro, but my grandfather has an original percussion double barrel pistol that he's had for as long as I can remember.

 

[goon]

I have seen over and under double barrels but I think they were all percussions. I don't see any reason that it couldn't be done though. IIRC, Loyalist arms can make about anything you want so I would try contacting them. I have been close to getting a light dragoon pistol made by them a couple times but I always find something else to spend the money on.

 

[Third_Rail]

I'm going to be making a run of external hammer, .54 caliber smoothbore double barreled pistols. Walnut pistol stock, and overall about 14". I'll post pics when they're done.

 

[Forestarius]

Are these going to be for sale?

 

[saboteur]

I am VERY interested in these as well.

 

[Third_Rail]

It truly depends on how much free time I'll have, which as of right now is uncertain. Also, it depends on how long it'll take me to make each one. Since I'm not using cheap materials and I'll be using really nice walnut and taking my time, it wouldn't be inexpensive if I were to offer them for sale. I'll post here when I start working.

 

[Weird Guy]

How on earth are you going to make one? I assume you will copy a double shotgun, but smaller?

 

[Preacherman]

As an historical note, I'm aware of a number of sets of SxS double-barreled pistols that were made before and during the Napoleonic Wars. They were usually expensive, some of them had rifled barrels, and a few sets even used the new-fangled percussion caps instead of flintlocks. I've seen examples in English museums.

For those of you who are fans of C. S. Forester's "Hornblower" series, in "The Commodore", Hornblower's wife buys him a matched set of pistols like this. The incident was included from historical fact, based on another British naval officer (was it Cochrane? I don't rightly recall) who was given a similar set by his wife.

 

[Third_Rail]

Weird Guy, simple trigger mechanism, two triggers, one for each hammer. A rectangular piece of bar stock for the barrels, one bored in each half. Drilled for drum/nipple, heat treated, tapped, attached to the triggers/hammers, put it together from there. I'm still thinking, I suppose.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Ithaca use to make a double barrel 20 ga short barrel pistol. Then the NFA of '34 came along and stopped production.

 

[Cap n Ball]

"Ithaca use to make a double barrel 20 ga short barrel pistol."

'Auto Burglar gun' Cresent and several other manufacterers made similar pieces.

I too have seen several museum examples of side by side flinters and cap guns. They are rare. Sort of a last ditch defense gun rather than the more common grapeshot pistols used in the down and dirty, up close and nasty work of boarding an ememy ship. If you do a google on double barreled flintlock pistols you will find many companies that make non-firing replicas and a few real ones for sale at high prices.

 

[Ned Christy]

Double barrel pistol

There is one for sale at http://www.buffalobillsshootingstore.com/muzzleloaders.html

Dennis

 

[Lo.Com.Denom]

Saw a smallbore, SxS percussion pistol in an antiques shop, just recently. I was tempted... but then saw that someone had burred up the sideplate, trying to lever it off. And it was going for £450. What's that in $s?

Oh and don't forget about "Howdah pistols", for all your tiger-smiting needs...

 

[Duncaninfrance]

And it was going for £450. What's that in $s?

That's $777!
Duncan

 

[Manyirons]

Am making a .10gauge sidexside from the excess barrel of my cut down shotgun, want to play with it when i'm done?

 

[Hkmp5sd]

.410/.45LC

 

[skeezix]

I have one....

Here's one that was purchased as a kit in the early '80s. It's .36 caliber and is smooth bore. This appears to be the same pistol as in post #14 by Ned Christy.

 

[Weird Guy]

I was thinking of something like this.

Sort of a double barrled Harpers Ferry pistol.