A Pair of Pistols from the French Alps

[Bayer1957]

Maybe I`m breaking the rules of this Forum.

Gunsmith L. Collombert from Aix les Bains.

THE MUST HABE BEEN BUILT BETWEEN 1860 - 1880.

Built for Target shooting (and I will use them again for that)

Calibre 10.5 mm

High-quality pair of pistols in almost new condition.
The Pictures tell the rest.

Ask for your opinion whether the pistols fit into this forum.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

No, they belong in my house hanging on the wall next to my other guns!

 

[stikshooter]

WOW!!!! amazing /Ed

 

[Kansas Jake]

Those are beautiful.

 

[64Springer]

Schwing!

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Fine set of pistols, enjoy them!

 

[mhb]

And a container of percussion caps absolutely guaranteed not to split. Never knew they made reloadable copper percussion caps... Those really are beautiful pistols.

mhb - MIke

 

[frankie]

Thank you for showing

 

[rickystl]

Beautiful cased srt. One of the best I've ever seen. Thanks for posting. WOW!!!

Rick

 

[Greyrider]

In my belt when I’m hunting and just having fun shooting and walking. Like the rear site on them

 

[APG]

Yes they absolutely fit in this forum. They are beautiful and I'm glad to hear you'll be using them for their intended purpose, shooting them.

 

[Rifleman1776]

No. They do not fit into this forum. Send them to me immediately to keep yourself from getting into trouble with the moderators.
An absolutely beautiful brace of pistols. They are what every serious ml'er dreams of owning some day. Enjoy.

 

[Relic shooter]

A truly beautiful set & with that rifling pattern will provide you with suburb accuracy !
The quality of workmanship is why I have collected & shot European & English rifles & pistols.
Relic shooter

 

[nick_1]

Do you think they fluted the barrels for the same reason they do today or was it just for looks?

 

[TFoley]

Do you think they fluted the barrels for the same reason they do today or was it just for looks?

You have to admit that it looks good.... Today I bleeve it's mostly to impress the neighbours - unless you are in some serious shooting event, you'll never notice the difference between a fluted and unfluted barrel.

 

[nick_1]

absolutly is as much about looks as function today. I am just wondering if back then they understood the function and were trying to ad rigidity to the barrel which is certainly not necessary in pistol? or if it was 100% the look?

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Beautiful! Love it!

 

[nick_1]

why do I get the feel that if I was gifted these pistols I might stand a chance of beating Brian in Sepetember and retaining my state championship

 

[BillKilgore]

Wow! Gorgeous pair of pistols. Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[Jaeger]

The fluted barrels are the equivalent of beautiful, long hair and a low-cut dress on a woman.