They have it on sale, $200 down from $245
http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/1002
http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/1002
IMA's 1763 French pistol
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If they say 'non-firing' then I for one would believe it. Unless, of course, you are happy to try it out for us [on video, of course].
It is my firm belief that you would end the exercise holding the remains of the pistol in the remains of your hand. :m2c:
But then, don't let my considered opinion and experience of examining 'non-firing' weapons of all kinds [including decorative flintlock like this] over the last 30-something years, stop you from exercising your right to do as you please. It IS a free country, after all.
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It is my firm belief that you would end the exercise holding the remains of the pistol in the remains of your hand. :m2c:
But then, don't let my considered opinion and experience of examining 'non-firing' weapons of all kinds [including decorative flintlock like this] over the last 30-something years, stop you from exercising your right to do as you please. It IS a free country, after all.
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It's pot-metal or zinc. It's only a decorator piece for the wall.
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Except it doesn't look like pot metal or zinc. It would be interesting to know more about it.
It could be a working gun, but because they say it isn't, I would believe them.
As Rusty points out, it may be pot metal. Even if it isn't, if it was intended only as a decorator, things like the frizzen, the sear and the tumbler are probably not hardened like they need to be.
If they were left soft, the frizzen wouldn't spark and the sear and tumbler would wear out after a few hundred cycles making it totally unsafe to shoot.
The barrel could be a steel casting that would "look" just right but could have less strength than some aluminum alloys.
The springs would not have to have the power they need to function properly so they may be just enough to make the trigger, Cock and Frizzen move.
I'm not saying any of this is true because I don't have one of these guns but the possibility of them being true makes this a questionable bargain. :hmm:
As Rusty points out, it may be pot metal. Even if it isn't, if it was intended only as a decorator, things like the frizzen, the sear and the tumbler are probably not hardened like they need to be.
If they were left soft, the frizzen wouldn't spark and the sear and tumbler would wear out after a few hundred cycles making it totally unsafe to shoot.
The barrel could be a steel casting that would "look" just right but could have less strength than some aluminum alloys.
The springs would not have to have the power they need to function properly so they may be just enough to make the trigger, Cock and Frizzen move.
I'm not saying any of this is true because I don't have one of these guns but the possibility of them being true makes this a questionable bargain. :hmm:
For only about a hundred dollars more you could get one that is safe to fire. Loyalist Arms http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/176366Fpis.html and Middlesex Valley http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/P73FR.shtml both sell French Pistols (in the $300 range)and you would be able to fire them without question. :m2c:
Read the IMA website's FAQ file.
"All Muskets, Rifles, Display Machine Guns, Machine Gun Part Sets and any firearm sold by I.M.A are non-firing and are engineered to be completely inoperable". The exceptions are "or were manufactured before 1898 and deemed
"All Muskets, Rifles, Display Machine Guns, Machine Gun Part Sets and any firearm sold by I.M.A are non-firing and are engineered to be completely inoperable". The exceptions are "or were manufactured before 1898 and deemed
