St. Etienne 1822 French Cavalry Pistol

[bravo30]

i need help putting a value to this pistol ......its missing the hammer

[Brick]

It is not missing the "flintlock". It is a percussion firearm to begin with so there is no hammer, frizzen and pan assembly. But it is missing its hammer.

I wish I could give you more information. Maybe you could get some more clues by searching the name on the right side of the gun. de Chatellerault might get you somewhere.

[bravo30]

It is not missing the "flintlock". It is a percussion firearm to begin with so there is no hammer, frizzen and pan assembly. But it is missing its hammer.

I wish I could give you more information. Maybe you could get some more clues by searching the name on the right side of the gun. de Chatellerault might get you somewhere.

ive been at it for a few hours now off and on .......apparently they were converted. mine was done in 1859 that's the number on the barrel its the conversion date over to percussion ....interesting pistol an when holding it you get a real sense of how barbaric warfare was back then

[solrac7]

Looks a lot like my Grandfather's pistol - If I can figure out how, I'll post photo's, but unfortunately all I know about it is he won in in a poker game in WWII in Germany. How's THAT for lack of providence? Mine does have the hammer, but no ring (no spot for one) and no brass on the pistol - all steel.
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[solrac7]

That graph paper is 4 squares to the inch, and the round is a .38 for size comparison - the bore on the pistol is about equivalent to a 12 gauge. Cool pistol , but I know this doesn't help, Just showing...
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[bravo30]

that pistol reminds me of my Lee Enfield ........barrel clamp up front ..... cool pistol ! theyre almost identicle so im guessing your is french also

[solrac7]

Also looking at the picture, it sure looks like it was always percussion - unless they swapped out the entire barrel and lock assembly- there does not appear to be any weld marks, or anything to indicate that there was ever a pan there to begin with????
Cb

P.S. Thank you for sharing !!! this is cool!

[solrac7]

FYI, If you haven't seen it yet, wiki says

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufac...3%A2tellerault


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[RandomTask]

They offered a guy around $100 for something similar on Pawn Stars.

[solrac7]

They offered a guy around $100 for something similar on Pawn Stars.

I wouldn't take anything less than 10 X that !

Those bastardes (with an "e" mind you) are fucktards.
Cb