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[Colonial Boy]

Coming shortly,
I pay for it on Thursday the 6th and should have it by the middle of next week.
1851 Austrian pistol with tube lock.

Vendor’s photos.

 

[painter]

Very nice! I've never seen a tube lock before.

 

[Splitear]

Man I love this forum. Had never heard of a tube lock, and now have a new rabbit hole to explore. Thanks for sharing and good luck.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Here’s another couple of his photos.
Note the condition of the wood immediately behind the vent, virtually unmarked, which indicates little use; see also the muzzle.

 

[painter]

Can you buy the tubes, or are they home made?

 

[52Bore]

A little different than a Lancaster I saw, years ago.
Cool, short, period of arm’s development.
Congrats

 

[Feltwad]

Can you buy the tubes, or are they home made?

To the best of my knowledge tubes are no longer produced and have to be hand made which can be a dangerous practice if using the compound from top hat caps .
Feltwad

 

[painter]

I wonder if you could use the cap maker compound from the company that sells the cap making dies?

 

[Eterry]

To the best of my knowledge tubes are no longer produced and have to be hand made which can be a dangerous practice if using the compound from top hat caps .
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@Feltwad, for those of us uninitiated in the tube lock, can you please explain their design, operation, time frame, etc al. ?

 

[Eterry]

Here’s another couple of his photos.
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Very unique and interesting piece. I'd hate to look down that barrel across the heather !!

 

[TDM]

Same here, I had never heard of a tube lock. Very interesting. Congratulations @Colonial Boy, very nice pistol.

 

[ord sgt]

A most curious piece. I never have seen any others like it.

 

[Colonial Boy]

https://capandball.com/the-story-of-the-augustin-tube-lock-ignition-system/
Just found the above link, it goes into the development of the tube lock.

 

[Colonial Boy]

It’s on its way, Australia Post says delivery next Wednesday.

 

[brushblind]

https://capandball.com/the-story-of-the-augustin-tube-lock-ignition-system/
Just found the above link, it goes into the development of the tube lock.

I watched that video a couple yrs. ago, very interesting!

 

[appalichian hunter]

Interesting ignition system, suggestion on priming compound in the construction of the tube - The old white tipped barn burner matches if you can find them, when young and not so shall we say smart, we would take these matches and use a pocketknife (old Barlow) scrape carefully off the match heads on to a sheet of paper, take the scrapings put in a 22 cal. long empty rifle case. crimp the case shut with a pair of pliers, lay it on an anvil and whack it with a hammer. big bang. And if dark big flash. Might be better than gathering the compound in the top hat caps.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Unfortunately such matches were banned here years ago, the local versions were known as ‘wax matches’ because the stem was heavily waxed with white wax.
Story goes that fires were started because rodents gnawed the heads and one bloke, at least, had the container go off in his pocket when he fell over.
They would have been ideal for priming.

 

[TDM]

Interesting ignition system, suggestion on priming compound in the construction of the tube - The old white tipped barn burner matches if you can find them, when young and not so shall we say smart, we would take these matches and use a pocketknife (old Barlow) scrape carefully off the match heads on to a sheet of paper, take the scrapings put in a 22 cal. long empty rifle case. crimp the case shut with a pair of pliers, lay it on an anvil and whack it with a hammer. big bang. And if dark big flash. Might be better than gathering the compound in the top hat caps.

Those matches mysteriously disappeared years ago. I bought a number of boxes when I realized they were scarce but have no idea where they are.

 

[morehops52]

Very interesting. thanks to all that contributed.

 

[kaotikross]

https://capandball.com/the-story-of-the-augustin-tube-lock-ignition-system/
Just found the above link, it goes into the development of the tube lock.

So you "capped" the lock prior to loading the charge? Kinda scary. I wonder how many went off by accident?