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  1. J

    Starr revolver cylinder

    Hi Zonie :hatsoff: you may well be right,not sure myself but it does look as though the ratchet may be held on by a large countersunk screw in the centre and when I was building up the worn teeth with the gas welding set I could see separation around the ring (hopefully you may see what I mean...
  2. J

    Starr revolver cylinder

    Anyone know if it's possible to buy a cylinder ratchet for a Starr SAA? Got one here and it's badly worn so the cycling is a bit hit and miss. Hand and spring seems OK and I managed to get a replacement cylinder stop and spring from Dixie to fit and work well but all I can find is complete...
  3. J

    Any information on double barrel pistol?

    Diplomatic as ever,is that you up there with the sun hat and the blazer? Bloody tiger spilled the gin sling, damned annoying, had to go! :)
  4. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Yaayy! 5000! .... Nothing to report, apparently nothing's changed with the Spanish other than the modern translation for manyana is 'whenever' or ' I'm on Facebook',... Maybe I ought to put the pistol on Facebook, see how many likes it gets,apparently that's important out there in the real...
  5. J

    Japanese matchlocks

    I found this on my travels Zonie, very informative,not that much info out there on Japanese smiths but this sheds a bit of light on the styles of different regions and approx dating. Don't know if you've come across it already but it may prove interesting to members...
  6. J

    9 Barrel Wheellock

    Most probably the latter I suspect Jim. Everyone seems to assume fantasy guns were invented by computer nerds in futuristic Gothic shoot 'em ups when in actual fact the evidence supports the opposite. You can just imagine the scenario supporting the creation of this particular leviathon, "...
  7. J

    9 Barrel Wheellock

    Not nice to leave people hanging :) http://www.naturabuy.fr/CARABINE-REMINGTON-PIEPER-7-COUPS-1875-Calibre-32-RF-BE-XIXe-item-1550969.html Remington rolling block volley gun in .32 rf,hopefully Zonie won't mind the indiscretion as it's an interesting piece of firearms history.
  8. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    What a nice guy Senor Gatto is :) I sent him a snap of my pistol and asked him what he thought and if he had any information on which he based the design of his pistol and he sent me a two foot long email and big hugs from Argentina! Unfortunately it's all in Spanish, :( I tried the normal...
  9. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Three thousand! Anybody want to see a pic of my wheel lock Gatling gun??? :slap: :rotf:
  10. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Hi Alden, think I'm a bit dubious with experts. More often than not they've already got the answer to your question before you even ask it so their first word is also their last. You can't blame 'em, you have to put a lot of time in to be a real expert, some little upstart like me comes along...
  11. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    One of the few no one can argue with. All marked up,well documented and of such quality you'd need a time machine to find a guy skilled enough to recreate it. Mine lacks all of that but it's a different thing altogether apart from being a matchlock pistol of course. Michael Troemner said that a...
  12. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    That's interesting, wonder what he bases his research on? Can't be mine I've only had it a few months and as far as I know its been in hiding anyway for the last god knows how long. He sounds quite firm in his belief though,wonder what he thinks he knows that no-one else seems to? Might be worth...
  13. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Absolutely! this thing has been driving me nuts,but I have to play the Devils' advocate with myself in order to understand . . Think this thing is coming to an end now thankfully and I'll be able to put it to bed once and for all.It's still been an enlightening journey,I've learned much more...
  14. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    No prob Chris, appreciate any input it helps me to view things from a different perspective. If people can see things that I've missed or misinterpreted and point me at it I can try to reason it out. The lock isn't such a problem now but there's nothing like the stock on record anywhere (that...
  15. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] Talking about elegant high quality stuff I keep looking at these. You know what they were saying about people blowing their pensions on Lamborghini's? Well I 'come of age' next year, keep wondering what these might look like in the cabinet. Better than lookin at bits of paper with...
  16. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Just looked at that post again, it has got back action locks!?? I thought the lock plates were just bent to a greater degree to get the flow! Awesome :hatsoff:
  17. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Yes that's beautiful, a real work of art, it almost looks like it's got back action locks,tang shape is interesting too. I remember looking at a suite of Napoleans arms in the Wallace collection,think they were by Boutet or Le Page (long time ago) absolutely stunning!Memory lingers on,they made...
  18. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    Yes, the illustration above is French so there could be a possibility there. Don't see any evidence of modern tooling use though? It all appears to be hand cut to me. Spindle tools tend to leave tell tales like 'centres' and spirals,I can't see anything remotely like that, what is it you can see...
  19. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    :hmm: More rumination after the last comment,.. Looking again at the inletting I realised that if the spring is a replacement then it must be a duplicate of the original because the way the inletting is cut,the wood forms a wedge to support the spring otherwise it might pivot on the retaining...
  20. J

    Doc Help: Landsknecht Matchlock Pistol?

    [/URL][/img] Think this harks back to what you were saying regarding the spring being above being a good idea. Must admit it was one of the things that concerned me with my own lock (the positioning of the spring) as I hadn't seen any similar examples. This seems to put that particular niggle...
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