[HD] Exhibit Insight, Replica English Dueling Pistols

Another Exhibit Insight from Man the Capstan! Chronicled here is a pair of English dueling pistols, acquired over the recent holiday season. The flintlock mechanism was introduced in the 17th century, replacing the older and more awkward matchlock firearm. Though they are replicas, these are some fantastic pistols for us to use on Man the Capstan. Visit http://manthecapstan.wordpress.com for more!

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[Michaelrulesos]

lol at 0:17 "blunder bluss"

[ManTheCapstan]

Yeah, I don't have the heart to go back and reshoot it. ; )

[hugetird]

oh and what do u mean by upperclass

[ManTheCapstan]

Those people who could afford percussion technology, i.e. nobility, aristocracy, etcetera.

[hugetird]

correct me if im wrong but didnt they use flintlock more than percussion caps because they were easier and cheaper to make

[ManTheCapstan]

Can't argue with you there. There was a lot of labour involved in manufacturing the caps for percussion firearms. Cheaper and easier is right, as far as flintlocks are concerned.

I would say you'd see more of it in the upper-class, for certain.

[MrJapaneseboy1111]

do they shot?

[LordVilhelm]

I just realized i have almost exactly the same replica exept mine has the wide mouth barrel which i'm working on to change right now.

[rocksock00444]

i didnt think a blunderbuss would be used in pistol form since its kick its like a shotgun

[AverageJoeCinema]

how often do the ramrods come out? im looking for movie props here.

[LutzDerLurch]

They were far more complicated and difficult to produce than percussion locks. also loading a percussion muzzleloader takes longer than a flintlock.

[LutzDerLurch]

Allow me to disagree. Percussion caps in large-scale production were not too complicated to make. You even saved yourself from supplying the knapped flints, flintlocks require. And whilst a percussion lock only need to hit the piston hard, a flintlock requires precise fine tuning between the two springs of it and precise geometry of th parts. Also you had to harden the Steel correctly.

[Graphic36]

I wouldn't consider myself a "gun person" by any means but I'd love to have some dueling pistols, they're really beautiful. I could also go for a genuine old-west era single action revolver :)