"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/26/2019 at 21:34 • Filed to: None
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"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
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I believe it’s Belgian, ca. 1840s/1850s, but there are absolutely no markings of any kind. A few cosmetic blemishes, but seems to be in working order. For $20, why not?
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> ranwhenparked
04/26/2019 at 21:50 |
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I probably wouldn't fire that.
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ranwhenparked
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
04/26/2019 at 21:54 |
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I’m not in a hurry to.
Future Heap Owner
> ranwhenparked
04/26/2019 at 21:54 |
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Fired when holstered?
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ranwhenparked
> Future Heap Owner
04/26/2019 at 21:56 |
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Sitting since 1895, easy project, I know what I have.
vondon302
> ranwhenparked
04/26/2019 at 21:59 |
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Well bought.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> ranwhenparked
04/26/2019 at 22:10 |
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Very cool. I probably wouldn’t fire that without having had a smith give it a look over first. From my C&R days, I feel fine looking over WWI and WWII era stuff and making a determination as to whether I’m willing to shoot ‘em or not, but I don’t think I’d do it myself on something like that.
DipodomysDeserti
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
04/26/2019 at 22:27 |
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> DipodomysDeserti
04/27/2019 at 00:51 |
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That could have ended a lot worse.
Berang
> ranwhenparked
04/27/2019 at 01:03 |
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Not quite understanding what I’m seeing. Is it a flintlock that was converted to caps???
SmugAardvark
> ranwhenparked
04/27/2019 at 01:22 |
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If you do decide to fire it, can I call dibs on one of the fingers you lose? I think it would make a great pendant for a necklace, and mother’s day is right around the corner.
For realsies though, cool wall-hanger piece for $20.
Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
> ranwhenparked
04/27/2019 at 08:44 |
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Did it come with the sock?
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ranwhenparked
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
04/27/2019 at 08:46 |
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Yes, actually. Now I need to find another one like that.
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ranwhenparked
> Berang
04/27/2019 at 08:49 |
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I had thought it was too late for flintlock, but I see what you mean about the way the hammer fits, does look kind of like a conversion. Also could have been assembled from parts from different sources.
GLiddy
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
04/27/2019 at 11:41 |
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Yup. Armies (Soviet and Wehrmacht) have been known to salt ammo stashes that had to be left behind with cartridges that were booby trapped either by filling with PETN or swaging the cartridge with a ball bearing inside so as to create a catastrophic failure when fired. I think we even did this in Vietnam. Put just enough faulty rounds in the lot so the enemy does not fully trust the ammo but may keep using it , but not so many that they know the entire lot is bad.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> GLiddy
04/27/2019 at 13:59 |
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Huh. That is pretty sneaky.