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Offline tallbear

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William Henry Pistol
« on: August 19, 2014, 04:00:57 PM »
This is a little pistol I delivered at the CLA this weekend. It is based on the William Henry pistol made in Nazereth PA .As always all questions and comments are welcome.

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2014, 05:06:50 PM »
Very nice looking pistol Mitch, a lot of work in a small package. Love that barrel.
Dennis
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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2014, 05:19:10 PM »
Very nice pistol Mitch. I enjoyed my visit with you at the show.
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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2014, 05:43:00 PM »
Beautiful work. What lock is that?
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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2014, 11:39:10 PM »
The ramrod end, is it horn?
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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 12:24:14 AM »
Question for you sir.
I have used several of the same caps as you have on that pistol.  In fact I used my last one last week.  Now for the life of me I can't seem to remember where I got them.

Can you tell me who is casting them?

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 04:23:50 AM »
Thanks Guys!!!

Andy

the lock is Jim Chamber Queen Anne Pistol lock.

Rick

Yes it's a piece of horn.

SZ
The butt cap is available from http://firelockpistols.com/

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2014, 04:49:38 AM »
First rate! :)
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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2014, 05:05:07 AM »
Very nice. Someone was very happy. What caliber is it?....

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2014, 05:42:35 AM »
Very nicely executed, Mitch.  Beautiful pistol.

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2014, 06:51:40 AM »
OUTSTANDING PISTOL. The PA mafia was considering breaking a few fingers.

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2014, 04:18:53 PM »
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The PA mafia was considering breaking a few fingers.

That's funny Bill ;D ;D

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It's a .54 , the original was .60 I believe.

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Re: William Henry Pistol
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2014, 03:23:01 AM »
Great pistol Mitch - looks like a comfortable one to grip too.  Very nice work
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