Hey O&G you’ve made my day, now I know I’m not alone. I also have both of those pistols. They were given to me years ago when their owners upgraded to better firearms. I got the short barreled pistol first, and decided I needed to learn to solder on an under-rib so I shortened the stock to a more traditional half stock length, and proceed to solder on an under-rib, and ramrod pipe. I had made a couple of nose caps for friends rifles so that would have been the simple fix, but I was beginning to think these pistols could be a good cheap learning tool. Boy, was I right. I poured my first nose cap of pewter on that little pistol.
The long barreled pistol was a stalled project of a friend, that somehow had cracked the stock in the bottom of the ramrod groove. It became my “trade pistol” by the addition of a round .67 smoothbore barrel, a flintlock to replace the old percussion lock, and a tapered ramrod to accommodate the larger bore. Both guns got internals for their locks from CVA rifles that had bridles, and flies. It is so great to have guns you don’t have a ton of money tied up in you can let pilgrims without worrying about damage to the gun, or the shooter.
Hungry Horse
