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Offline Shreckmeister

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Kentucky Pistol identification
« on: March 23, 2015, 06:06:05 PM »
   I had the opportunity to pick up a simple but well made, small, unsigned KY pistol at the Baltimore show over the weekend.  It's a nice
little pistol with a Bird & Brothers Philadelphia percussion lock.  The only features which set it apart from any other pistol
is there is a brass diamond shaped  inlay on top of the wrist and a larger brass diamond shaped inlay on the butt held on with a steel
screw.  The other feature is that the butt is on the smaller side and trigger guard is steel.  I don't have a KY pistol book, but if this rings any bells to
anyone, please share your thoughts.  I will try to take pictures and post them after work.  The only example that looked similar that
I could find said that unsigned pistol was likely southern.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2015, 08:35:20 PM by Shreckmeister »
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Re: Kentucky Pistol identification
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 06:10:19 PM »
Shreck - I'll pull out the book and compare when I see some of your photos later this afternoon.  Sounds like a neat piece - does the varnish have any color in it?  I've seen lots of Lehigh-ish pistols with "Bird" or "Pird" locks on them. 
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Re: Kentucky Pistol identification
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015, 09:40:27 PM »
Eric,  The pistol is a violin black/reddish color
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Re: Kentucky Pistol identification
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015, 02:36:42 PM »
I realize this is a longshot because this pistol is plain, but here are the photos.







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Re: Kentucky Pistol identification
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2015, 12:26:48 AM »
What caliber is it?

I agree it looks like it might have been made in the south.

Dennis
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Re: Kentucky Pistol identification
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2015, 02:32:00 AM »
Rob,

I didn't find any matches in my few KY pistol books (Dyke, Chandler/Whisker & KRA) but, FWIW, I did notice that most of the bag style gripped pistols were southern.

Bill
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