My latest daydream: A Kibler escopeta ...

[BillinOregon]

Rudyard, I should have guessed that you have an escopeta or two under your gunmaker's belt!
I will revisit the museums in Santa Fe and Albuquerque once back in the state -- and Kit Carson's wonderful old home in Taos. It seems there may have been an escopeta at the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo on the Rio Grande. I remember lance heads, morions and cuirasses on display, but can't recall any firearms.
Sam, book a window seat for me, will ya?

 

[rickystl]

Rudyard mentions "belt hook". The Spanish seemed obsessed with the use of belt hooks for much of their gun building. Today, you will see more Spanish pistols with belt hooks than not. Even their military light carbine length guns meant for cavalry use included a LONG belt type hook for attachment to the saddle I'm guessing.

Rick

 

[Sam squanch]

CVA did produce a miquelet pistol, a longer one and a small pocket pistol. I think RickySTL had one. Maybe the molds or whatever are still in a drawer somewhere in Spain……

 

[rickystl]

CVA did produce a miquelet pistol, a longer one and a small pocket pistol. I think RickySTL had one. Maybe the molds or whatever are still in a drawer somewhere in Spain……

Here's their ad from back in the 1980's (I think). I have two of the boot pistols. But I've never seen one of the belt pistols come up for sale second-hand.

 

[Rudyard]

Rudyard, I should have guessed that you have an escopeta or two under your gunmaker's belt!
I will revisit the museums in Santa Fe and Albuquerque once back in the state -- and Kit Carson's wonderful old home in Taos. It seems there may have been an escopeta at the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo on the Rio Grande. I remember lance heads, morions and cuirasses on display, but can't recall any firearms.
Sam, book a window seat for me, will ya?

Dear Bill .Yes but only one My friend took me to a viewing of pre Columbia art . I might have notes on my museum visit I was thinking more of Catalonian Civil guards but the styles the same My lock might be Algerian copy but was all I had & I thought it suitable .
"Ola y qua tal Y un muy bwenos dias ,Senyours y Senyores y todo el mundi'. Soon las Radio Gilbralter !" There that exhausts my Spanish for one day . (I worked on Gilbralter over Xmas 1965 we used feet & Inches but described them in Spanish & from my Moroccan laborer learned much useful Morracan words like ' Please" " Thankyou" "How Much?" & "Too much"! All the usefull stuff! .However this strays from Escopetas .
Oh my poor Spanish translates (I think) to" Hello !& hows things?"Gentllemen & Ladies & all the World . This is Radio Gilbralter ! followed by the tune of old Ladies who sweeps the sky 70 times as high as the moon . Very usefull ? on a pop channel .
Pics hoperfully show old & My got up example made primerally to use up the much worn belt hook
Regards Rudyard.