Zaydok Allen
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Hello friends and neighbors,
Say I've just recently taken an interest in antique guns and I thought I'd post this in its own thread even though I threw it on the revolver pic thread.
I'd appreciate any info or possible sources of info anyone can give me on this. I recently bought this from a gent in West Virginia. I was told it is a English 9mm pinfire, from the 1850's or 60's most likely. The small dots on it are supposedly sterling silver , and I believe the brass colored inlay is in fact brass. I was told it was gold, but I doubt that. It is in working order but it looks to me as if it has had a bit of repair work. I may be wrong about that. A crown over the letter G is the only proof mark I can find that is located on the cylinder, and Google has not helped me much determining what that means as far as a manufacturer or year of manufacture goes.
If you are unfamiliar with the history of pinfires, take a look at this as it is a good read.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinfire_cartridge
Feel free to post pics of any pinfires you've collected.
Say I've just recently taken an interest in antique guns and I thought I'd post this in its own thread even though I threw it on the revolver pic thread.
I'd appreciate any info or possible sources of info anyone can give me on this. I recently bought this from a gent in West Virginia. I was told it is a English 9mm pinfire, from the 1850's or 60's most likely. The small dots on it are supposedly sterling silver , and I believe the brass colored inlay is in fact brass. I was told it was gold, but I doubt that. It is in working order but it looks to me as if it has had a bit of repair work. I may be wrong about that. A crown over the letter G is the only proof mark I can find that is located on the cylinder, and Google has not helped me much determining what that means as far as a manufacturer or year of manufacture goes.
If you are unfamiliar with the history of pinfires, take a look at this as it is a good read.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinfire_cartridge
Feel free to post pics of any pinfires you've collected.