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Hello ALL. Well, still more Spanish guns. But this project has been in the works for a couple years. So first the back story:
The original single pistol is currently in the Mark Dinely collection in the U.K. Previous providence the W. Keith Neal collection.
While discussing this pistol with a collector friend in California, I mentioned that I had an assembled lock from The Rifle Shoppe (#614) that looked identical to the lock on the original. Both the original pistol and the TRS lock were both mid-17th Century. So one thing led to another, and we both got the hair brain idea to each have a copy made for shooting. Problem was there was no cooperation from the current owner of the original to supply us with photos, dimensions, etc. So all we had for a prospective builder was an auction catalog photo/description and an artist rendition to work with. But, my partner - who is a whole lot smarter than I could ever hope to be - was able to use some mathematics to determine the correct, probable size of the pistol, which turned out successful. Still, not going to be a job for a novice builder. So, I already had one assembled TRS lock and ordered another in kit form as well as starting the search for the wood and barrels. The rest of the hardware would have to be all custom made.
Here is the small amount of information about the original. Note the stock shape is a carry-over from the wheellock period. I'll post a description and photos of the replicas next.
Rick
The original single pistol is currently in the Mark Dinely collection in the U.K. Previous providence the W. Keith Neal collection.
While discussing this pistol with a collector friend in California, I mentioned that I had an assembled lock from The Rifle Shoppe (#614) that looked identical to the lock on the original. Both the original pistol and the TRS lock were both mid-17th Century. So one thing led to another, and we both got the hair brain idea to each have a copy made for shooting. Problem was there was no cooperation from the current owner of the original to supply us with photos, dimensions, etc. So all we had for a prospective builder was an auction catalog photo/description and an artist rendition to work with. But, my partner - who is a whole lot smarter than I could ever hope to be - was able to use some mathematics to determine the correct, probable size of the pistol, which turned out successful. Still, not going to be a job for a novice builder. So, I already had one assembled TRS lock and ordered another in kit form as well as starting the search for the wood and barrels. The rest of the hardware would have to be all custom made.
Here is the small amount of information about the original. Note the stock shape is a carry-over from the wheellock period. I'll post a description and photos of the replicas next.
Rick
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