Show and Tell: Post something old and interesting - I'll go first!

[BoRdErBaCoN]

What have you got kicking around that is old, original and interesting ?

Here's an 1861 Savage Navy .36 caliber lever action handgun. The grips were all but gone - so an Amish friend made me some replacements, by hand, out of some curly maple.

I replaced and antiqued the ram-rod assembly with an aftermarket piece - as it was missing.

The nipples and hammer have been beat pretty bad by years of dry firing - but I haven't done anything with those yet.

I was able to clean up and re-bend much of the internal workings to make it functional again.

I made the conical brass front sight, in the design of the original, as it was also missing.

Pretty neat.

 

[SOLANCO]

Neat old piece. It was designs like that which made Samuel Colt's fortune.

 

[BoRdErBaCoN]

Neat old piece. It was designs like that which made Samuel Colt's fortune.

Sure was. A bit cumbersome - and far too complicated to be reliable I would say. The two-part cylinder that won't work without proper spring tension - and the fact that it shifts forward to seat against the barrel when cocked - had to be troublesome for sure.

 

[alcessapiens]

Sure was. A bit cumbersome - and far too complicated to be reliable I would say. The two-part cylinder that won't work without proper spring tension - and the fact that it shifts forward to seat against the barrel when cocked - had to be troublesome for sure.

mosin nagant revolver shifts cylinder foreword too. has an odd brass case that seals when fired(only revolver you could reasonably use a suppressor on)

 

[BoRdErBaCoN]

mosin nagant revolver shifts cylinder foreword too. has an odd brass case that seals when fired(only revolver you could reasonably use a suppressor on)

Yup. They thought it was going to be a screaming round with the gas seal...

Not so much. You can hear the darn thing hit the target with the pause between muzzle and paper. LoL

 

[azmntman]

Very Cool!

 

[Conquerordie]

I always thought they were the coolest looking pistol from the Civil War.

 

[Sam squanch]

The actual military loads for the Nagant were pretty potent. The commercial stuff is weak…..

 

[alcessapiens]

The actual military loads for the Nagant were pretty potent. The commercial stuff is weak…..

I got one years ago for $35 and a pair of k frame goncalo alves grips. came with 400 or so soviet rounds and 50 modern, the soviet stuff was hot, modern was similar to .32acp power

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I thought this was kinda neat. I bought an old brass shot dispenser at the CLA show last year. It has a late 1800s patent mark on it. When I got home there was some newspaper jammed down in the shot cup. Somebody probably put it in there to adjust how much shot it would throw. I carefully removed it and unfolded it. Here's what I found. Kinda cool!

 

[Gtrubicon]

Was there anything in the text to discern a location it came from?

 

[cyten]

Picked these three powder measures up in a hazelnut farming village in Turkey last summer and the grease box was hanging on the wall of a Mosque on the Black Sea. The I believe the measure on top is 18th century military.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Was there anything in the text to discern a location it came from?

The paper is The Cincinnati Weekly. I can make out one story about "Shannondale Indiana".

 

[Loyer]

How about a left hand 1740 Saxon horse pistol converted from flintlock. The only martial left hand flint pistol model ever made. (hammer is modern).

 

[Feltwad]

percussion caps advert 1849
Feltwad

 

[buckheart]

Found this old newspaper in a cigar box in a brick row house built around 1850.

 

[Artificer]

How about a left hand 1740 Saxon horse pistol converted from flintlock. The only martial left hand flint pistol model ever made. (hammer is modern).View attachment 233413

Were those only available with a left hand lock? I'm wondering about pairs with a lock on opposite sides on each pistol for cavalry, where the locks would be facing outboard when fired? Or perhaps to be used in the left hand, lock facing outboard, when an Officer had to use his sword in close quarters?

Gus

 

[Salt River Johnny]

A 1820s-30s M. J. Tobias silver pocket watch I own
I am restoring the crystal an hands. It has a military motif engraved on it.
Salt River Johnny

 

[Loyer]

Were those only available with a left hand lock? I'm wondering about pairs with a lock on opposite sides on each pistol for cavalry, where the locks would be facing outboard when fired? Or perhaps to be used in the left hand, lock facing outboard, when an Officer had to use his sword in close quarters?

Gus

The pistols came from the factory in a set, left and right. They sat in the pistol holsters over the horses neck, one on the left and one on the right. The right hand pistols were re- used in the Napoleonic wars but the left hand pistols were stored in an armory.

 

[Artificer]

The pistols came from the factory in a set, left and right. They sat in the pistol holsters over the horses neck, one on the left and one on the right. The right hand pistols were re- used in the Napoleonic wars but the left hand pistols were stored in an armory.

Very interesting. Thank you.

Gus