Showing posts with label Antique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antique. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Pepperbox - Nothin' to Sneeze at


No vinyl today as I've Just finished work on this little relic - Manhattan Pepperbox revolver in .31 caliber circa 1850. Based off of the Ethan Allen patent, this pistol has definitely seen some use over the 150 plus years its been bangin' around the country (at that age, who hasn't?), including some prodigious cap n' ball firing at what I can only assume to be a cheating grifter.

Ahhh, if only objects could talk...

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Saturday Night Special



New to the fold, this stealth-trigger, factory engraved Hopkins & Allan is pretty smart lookin'. Chambered in .38 rimfire, I don't think I would have risked firing this little pepper brandy new, much less 100+ years after the fact (though the people's republic of New Jersey does not recognize it as an antique), less it blow my hand clean off. Durability aside, it need only be true for one shot (the one that counts). Lets say "Strictly heirloom".