Source for a "pirate pistol"

[Shot deer]

I have the Traditions kit pistol and it turned out great. Good luck finding one though.

https://www.muzzle-loaders.com/pist...pper-pistol-kit-flintlock-50-cal-kpc5400.html

 

[NW Territory Woodsman]

Looks like that ones out of stock, and I've heard that traditions isnt making the pirate pistol anymore.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Blackbeard was active in the early 1700s and Pirates were very active in the New England and New Jersey area through the Revolutionary Era. In fact, only a few miles from where I grew up in Long Beach Island , NJ , Pirates would use lanterns to lure ships aground and then plunder the ship and kill the crew. This occurred well into the 1780s

There were stories about the same practice at Nags Head on the outer banks. However, the criminals who did so were called "wreckers" not pirates. In addition, it seems most of such stories lack any proof and are deemed to be local legends. From Wikipedia: "A traditional legendary trope is that wreckers deliberately decoying ships on to coasts using tricks (in particular false lights), so that they run ashore for easy plundering.[1] While this has been depicted in many stories and legends, there is no clear evidence that this has ever happened."

Along the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg PA, at the southern end of the flats, is a place where Simon Girty used men dressed as women and calling for help to lure rafts of logs toward shore, kill the occupants and then take the logs and sell them to lumber mills down river at Harrisburg. It was the reality behind the Disney story Davy Crockett and the River Pirates.

 

[Ranger Boyd]

FYI, there is a Pedersoli Queen Anne pistol for sale on Track of the Wolf for $249 as of this morning. Not superbly high on the historical accuracy scale perhaps, but the price is right.

 

[Shot deer]

FYI, there is a Pedersoli Queen Anne pistol for sale on Track of the Wolf for $249 as of this morning. Not superbly high on the historical accuracy scale perhaps, but the price is right.

Thanks!

 

[Oldbear63]

Looks like that ones out of stock, and I've heard that traditions isnt making the pirate pistol anymore.

Thats a shame, as it is sort of HC. Many of the other "popular" kits are quite modernized.

There is a great quote from an article I read (National Geographic?). "The style of the times is invisible". In a decade or two you will look at a house of the 2010 to 2020 period and say "That is so 2020!", just as people are saying that about 1990s styles.

The article quoted a museum curator who one day looked at an "ancient" statue and realized it was made in the 1950s; it had a 1950 style to it, but had fooled every expert up until then.

 

[rickystl]

Hi ShotDeer.
I've always had a soft spot for smooth bore flint pistols. They are really fun to shoot. Don't know what your budget is but here is a Link to what appears to be some good quality smoothbore flint pistols.

https://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/europeanpistolsets.html

While not from the turn of the 18th Century, this looks to be a good mid-18th Century compromise for a pirate type persona (?). Just an idea.

Just for comparison, here are three earlier pistols: The first is a 1690's French pistol. The second is a early 1700's English Queen Ann period pistol. The third is a 1640ish English Doglock pistol that would have been in use dury the so called Golden Age.

Rick

 

[Stantheman86]

Now those are Pirate Pistols

 

[Shot deer]

Hi ShotDeer.
I've always had a soft spot for smooth bore flint pistols. They are really fun to shoot. Don't know what your budget is but here is a Link to what appears to be some good quality smoothbore flint pistols.

https://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/europeanpistolsets.html

While not from the turn of the 18th Century, this looks to be a good mid-18th Century compromise for a pirate type persona (?). Just an idea.

Just for comparison, here are three earlier pistols: The first is a 1690's French pistol. The second is a early 1700's English Queen Ann period pistol. The third is a 1640ish English Doglock pistol that would have been in use dury the so called Golden Age.

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Rickystl,
Thank you! That was a great link! Very much appreciated!