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flintlock w/ axe ?
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Welcome to the board !
IMO it looks like was made in one of the "stans"
(Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, or Pakistan)
IMO it looks like was made in one of the "stans"
(Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, or Pakistan)
Wall hanger, tourist gun, non-firing decorator. Sold in bazars in the Middle East for the tourists. Never was intended to be fired and couldn't be made to.
I think it's from the Photo Chop era,
YEP... and the guy who made that for the tourists wasn't a shooter, and was betting the tourist wasn't either.
That idea goes back to medieval hand gonnes, but the way the axe is mounted you couldn't grip the pistol/gun.
Should be something like this if the guy knew anything about guns (imho) :
LD
My first thought was Pakistan!
Or as I like to call them "Pickastan"
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I have seen a stack of this type of "firearm" many with disappointed owners who thought they were getting something rare . Barrels which only protrude above the wood and aren't inletted at all , screw heads cast on , modern threads on old looking screws , barrels cast in halves and glued together , wood that is something other than real wood , seams on castings etc . I have even seen them with letters of authenticity from Museum staff who wouldn't know a real firearm from their elbow , which led to arguments when I wouldn't value them more than a few dollars .
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Much agree with Post #3.
If anything ... historical 'real ones' tended to be of matchlock or wheellock ignition, not flintlocks. I do have a firing replica boarding axe/matchlock I should show someday ...
I don’t know if this is real or not, but combination weapons were popular at one time. Guns were even made in to table silverware. About the time colt was making his revolver a cutlas pistol was made for the navy.
Battle axe guns were known
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Real ones are going to have the axe on the same end as the muzzle. For example, take a look at the Swedish boarding axe pistols:
https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-30982.htmlhttps://collections.royalarmouries.org/media/emumedia/356/900/large_DI_2011_0600.jpg/img]
There are a lot of fake ones out there. Some of the better ones are collectible for sure though and can sell for several thousand dollars. Here is one I looked at recently and sold this week:
There were also some halberds and other pole arms with pistols on board, some original and some Victorian:
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/84/357https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-911.html
https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-30982.htmlhttps://collections.royalarmouries.org/media/emumedia/356/900/large_DI_2011_0600.jpg/img]
There are a lot of fake ones out there. Some of the better ones are collectible for sure though and can sell for several thousand dollars. Here is one I looked at recently and sold this week:
There were also some halberds and other pole arms with pistols on board, some original and some Victorian:
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/84/357https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-911.html
