When did you last see one of these

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F64D13C0-E057-4EDE-8B91-523256CF646A.jpeg This pair of steel, iron, and silver pistols were made by John Campbell of Doune, Scotland, between 1750 and 1770. All-metal pistols are among the most distinctive of Scottish-made objects. Most mid 18th-century examples are of this form, with ram's horn butts and extensive engraved ornament. Major John Pitcairn, a Scot in the British Marines, carried a nearly identical pair during the American Revolution. His pistols were captured at the Battle of Lexington by the colonials and are on view at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington, Massachusetts. John Murray, Fourth Earl of Dunmore and the last royal governor of Virginia, owned a similar pair. One of the pistols appears in Sir Joshua Reynolds' 1765 portrait of Dunmore, which depicts him full-length and dressed in a kilt. Purchase of the pistols was funded by a gift from John A. Hyman and Betty C. Leviner.
 
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58 Cal; good bore, good stock, 12'' barrel, Manufactured at the Springfield Armory, dated 1856. Original metal in the white, brass mounted walnut stock, complete with the walnut shoulder stock, brass buttplate tang marked "U.S.". Lock marked "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" at the front of the lockplate, the date 1856 at the rear, Maynard cap box cover is marked with the American Eagle and Sheild. The left side of the barrel is stamped with VP and eagles head proofs. The backstrap is stamped with the number "9" which was supposed to match a number on the stock, the stock is has the number "17" stamped on the bottom of the brass yoke so is not matching. Original swiveling ramrod, fixed front sight and two leaf rear sight. The metal has some scattered areas of light pitting, heavier at the bolster. The stock has a tight crack on the left side flat and a tiny crack on the right side of the forend between the band spring and nose cap. Mechanically fine, some light pitting in the bore. Antique,

Was $4120 sold for $3,415.
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I saw one of these about 3 years ago. An older gentleman brought it in to my paint store. He had acquired some new walnut for the buttstock and wanted to match it to the pistol. So I set about matching the stain, then called him up and asked if he would like me to finish it out for him. He obliged, and I put a nice coat of old masters wiping stain on, followed by a few coats of parks tung oil finish. Once dry, I took a paint can opener and a rubber mallet to the stock in various places, making small dings, scrarches, and dents to antique it so it matched the pistol better. A few weeks later he brought the pistol in, in a wooden box with velvet lining and a booklet telling the story of how the gun had been brought back to life. He had pictures of all the people who had worked on it and took my pic next to the completed pistol. I was the last one to work on it. I'd love to have it, but I dont know who he was or where he went.

He trusted me a lot to leave such an old and beautiful firearm in a stranger's possession for about a week. We kept it in the safe with our money when I wasnt working on it. I'm a third generation working in a ma and pop store that is now in its 50th year. Guess there's a reason he didn't take it to Lowe's or home depot lol.
 
BigBlue 94 said:
He trusted me a lot to leave such an old and beautiful firearm in a stranger's possession for about a week. We kept it in the safe with our money when I wasnt working on it. I'm a third generation working in a ma and pop store that is now in its 50th year. Guess there's a reason he didn't take it to Lowe's or home depot lol.
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What a great story.

Let's hear it for Mom and Pop hardware stores.

I wish there were more of them still around.
 
No kidding!

What year is that? My target model is a '50 or '51 with the crazy colored plastic grips, and my sport model has the same coloring. Target model has the little backstrap extension too.
 
BigBlue 94 said:
No kidding!

What year is that? My target model is a '50 or '51 with the crazy colored plastic grips, and my sport model has the same coloring. Target model has the little backstrap extension too.
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Mr. Driftwood would need to answer for sure, but I think...

The Colt Woodsman is a semi-automatic sporting pistol manufactured by the U.S.Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1915 to 1977. It was designed by John Moses Browning. The frame design changed over time, in three distinct series: series one being 1915–1941, series two 1947–1955, and series three being 1955–1977.


Colt Officers model commentaries from the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s are hard to come by.

This revolver made Colt’s reputation as The target gun prior to WW II. In the 20’s to the 40’s many if not most bullseye shooters used the Colt.

The Officers Model had a hand fitted and finished action, checkered trigger and backstrap, with an adjustable rear sight and an adjustable front sight.

Since the Officers Model was Colt’s premium target revolver, the gun received extensive polishing and action tuning, making a to-die-for single action trigger. Pre-war guns received Colt’s famous heat bluing (a thermal treatment not so much a chemical process).
 
daboyleroy said:
Mr. Driftwood would need to answer for sure, but I think...

The Colt Woodsman is a semi-automatic sporting pistol manufactured by the U.S.Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1915 to 1977. It was designed by John Moses Browning. The frame design changed over time, in three distinct series: series one being 1915–1941, series two 1947–1955, and series three being 1955–1977.


Colt Officers model commentaries from the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s are hard to come by.

This revolver made Colt’s reputation as The target gun prior to WW II. In the 20’s to the 40’s many if not most bullseye shooters used the Colt.

The Officers Model had a hand fitted and finished action, checkered trigger and backstrap, with an adjustable rear sight and an adjustable front sight.

Since the Officers Model was Colt’s premium target revolver, the gun received extensive polishing and action tuning, making a to-die-for single action trigger. Pre-war guns received Colt’s famous heat bluing (a thermal treatment not so much a chemical process).
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The two woodsman pistols I mentioned are second models. I have a couple first models too.

I also happen to have a prewar 22 officers target revolver. Not the officers match pictured above.

I wasnt around then, but the stylized writing has that postwar space age feel.
 
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It is just the angle or lighting or an actual separate cut out?
 
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