Mexican Flintlock Pistol

[Randy Sutton]

I have a Spanish flintlock pistol that is a copy of a 1786 French Marine pistol that is defiantly not French. It has the remnants of a gold cartos in the barrel and the hammer and tumbler assembly is quite different. It is marked with a Eagle and Snake and a R.C on the lock. It has regimental markings branded in the wrist of the stock. (2R 5C 30) Would the regimental markings be Spanish or Mexican and do they represent any regiment of historical significance?

 

[necchi]

Photo's?

 

[Sam squanch]

Yes pictures please!

 

[laufer]

French troops in Mexico, they were there for a while?

 

[kje54]

French troops in Mexico, they were there for a while?

From the late 1820s onward there was French immigration to Mexico including two French colonies in the State of Veracruz. In 1861 French troops invaded Mexico with the support of Mexican conservatives and set up Maximilian as the Emperor of Mexico until 1867 when the French troops were withdrawn.

 

[Jim Wag]

Pesky French

Jim in La Luz

 

[kje54]

Pesky French

Jim in La Luz

Not to mention they all have a stupid accent. They all sound like Maurice Chevalier..........

 

[Randy Sutton]

Photo's?

I will post some pictures soon.

 

[Randy Sutton]

French troops in Mexico, they were there for a while?

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

 

[Randy Sutton]

From the late 1820s onward there was French immigration to Mexico including two French colonies in the State of Veracruz. In 1861 French troops invaded Mexico with the support of Mexican conservatives and set up Maximilian as the Emperor of Mexico until 1867 when the French troops were withdrawn.

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

 

[kje54]

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

Never said it was. I was simply responding to Laufer's post about French troops in Mexico.

 

[Randy Sutton]

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

It is not a Mexican copy either. It has Spanish gold cartouches.

 

[Randy Sutton]

I have a Spanish flintlock pistol that is a copy of a 1786 French Marine pistol that is defiantly not French. It has the remnants of a gold cartos in the barrel and the hammer and tumbler assembly is quite different. It is marked with a Eagle and Snake and a R.C on the lock. It has regimental markings branded in the wrist of the stock. (2R 5C 30) Would the regimental markings be Spanish or Mexican and do they represent any regiment of historical significance?

 

[Randy Sutton]

Photo's?

 

[Randy Sutton]

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

The internal workings of the pistol are not French. The makers name is in a cartouche. The hammer is attached by a pin that looks like screw as opposed to being attached to the tumbler. The barrel has a Spanish cartouche that still has some remanences of gold. It is a Spanish copy of a 1786 French pistol.

 

[Randy Sutton]

Photo's?

 

[Randy Sutton]

Never said it was. I was simply responding to Laufer's post about French troops in Mexico.

Sorry miss understood

 

[Sam squanch]

With the eagle biting the snake stamp, it was Mexican military, so the regimental stamps should be Mexican also. Any old Spanish military marks may have been filed or ground off. Nice bit of history there. Maybe it was at the Alamo or Goliad!

 

[deermanok]

Not to mention they all have a stupid accent. They all sound like Maurice Chevalier..........

Tabernak.

 

[No second place]

This is not a French Pistol. It is a Spanish copy of a French pistol.

Sounds like a girl I dated...c