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eseabee1

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trade pistols
« on: August 11, 2009, 11:14:35 PM »
Did trade pistols have a butt cap on them or not ?
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Offline flintriflesmith

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Re: trade pistols
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2009, 11:56:40 PM »
I don't intend to be a wise a** but "trade pistols from what era, what nation of manufactor , and what group on intended customers?" Just "trade pistols" would cover over a century and at least a dozen countries.

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eseabee1

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Re: trade pistols
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2009, 12:23:53 AM »
sorry I guess I should have said from the 1700-1750 era
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northmn

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Re: trade pistols
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2009, 04:49:58 PM »
I have a sketchbook by Hansen of Trade rifles.  It shows a "Trade Pistol" of about 1790 era with a buttcap.  It was a Wheeler.  The Buttcap was a basic round one with a short triangular tang.  As to trade pistols made earlier, I would not know.  Pistols were really not considered common in the earlier days.  Were they a trade item to the natives?  In Pontiacs rebellion they cut down trade muskets and made blanket guns to conceal them when they invaded a fort.

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Mike R

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Re: trade pistols
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2009, 04:53:03 PM »
Quote from: eseabee1 on August 12, 2009, 12:23:53 AM
sorry I guess I should have said from the 1700-1750 era

The Tulle pistols of that period had butt caps--I think the answer in general is Yes, although this opinion is based on extant examples of pistols of that era in general more than on "trade pistols" in particular. 
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