Author Topic: Brooks pistol No. 23 - so nice, I had to buy it twice! (Read 4992 times)

bones92 · « **on:** January 31, 2022, 07:27:51 PM »

I thought I would share this with you all, given that this pistol made by Mike has some nice features and is, quite frankly, a work of art (IMHO).

The checkering of the grip is captivating. The pistol also feels really comfortable in the hand. I asked Mike about it, and this was made as a prize for a competition shoot in 1989. Mike made the pistol, and the lock was made by a certain Michael Bratton. I was lucky to acquire this from the gentleman who won the pistol in 1989.

It is a .45 rifled barrel, 13/16" across the flats.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2022, 07:59:43 PM »

Nifty

bones92 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2022, 08:23:43 PM »

Quote from: smylee grouch on January 31, 2022, 07:59:43 PM

Nifty

Well, it's not the ugliest flinter I own... was going to use it to pound tent stakes, but could probably use my hand sledge for that.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2022, 08:30:38 PM »

33 years old, almost antique status.

Cool beans man.

wattlebuster · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2022, 08:44:30 PM »

I like it. Lots.

iloco · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2022, 10:26:28 PM »

I'd like to have one like it. Very nice pistol.

ScottH · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2022, 12:33:09 AM »

Outstanding! especially the grip checkering!
How many pistols have you made Mike?

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2022, 03:43:39 AM »

10ish probably

Martin S. · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2022, 12:58:09 PM »

Wow, I really, really like that one!

Well done, Mike!

Stoner creek · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2022, 02:44:52 PM »

Quasai-Nifty

acorn20 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2022, 08:46:54 PM »

Very nice looking pistol! Wish I would have had that for the dual I had the other day.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2022, 09:08:19 PM »

Quote from: acorn20 on February 01, 2022, 08:46:54 PM

Very nice looking pistol! Wish I would have had that for the dual I had the other day.

Obviously, you survived your duel, so the gun you were shooting was obviously adequate.

DHouse · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2022, 12:02:01 AM »

Wow, awesome looking piece. Thank you for posting and congrats on the new addition.

Seth Isaacson · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2022, 12:17:07 AM »

I was wondering who picked this one and the Lea pistol up. Now I know. Great additions to your collection for sure.

bones92 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2022, 06:33:21 AM »

Seth, I have no doubt I had just plain dumb luck on both of them. I feel privileged to be custodian of them (until the day that someone else will keep them).

iloco · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2022, 09:14:58 PM »

Does the pistol have a stainless touch hole liner.... Not sure if they were in use when Mike made the pistol.

Yazel.xring · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2022, 03:03:25 AM »

Brooks sure knows how to make something nifty

bones92 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2022, 09:41:27 PM »

Quote from: iloco on May 23, 2022, 09:14:58 PM

Does the pistol have a stainless touch hole liner.... Not sure if they were in use when Mike made the pistol.

Yes, it does have a stainless liner. It weight 2 lbs, 2 oz. The Mike Lea pistol weighs 2 lbs 15 oz.

Bob Gerard · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2022, 06:22:20 AM »

I've changed my mind. I like this one best

t.caster · « **Reply #19 on:** June 02, 2022, 04:28:16 PM »

That's a keeper for sure! Very nifty!

bones92 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2024, 04:37:11 PM »

Update, 2 years later....

Well, it's not often that you end up buying the same piece twice. As it turns out, a fellow member bought this Brooks #23 pistol from me, and I regretted it before I even handed it over the counter at the Post Office.

Then, as fate would have it, over a year later I found it listed on another ML forum (but not by the ALR to whom I sold it...), and so I bought it. Again.

So now I call it "a pistol I like so much that I had to buy it twice."

Bigmon · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2024, 04:55:12 PM »

It always mysifys me how Mike Brooks and others on this site's work always seems to have the correct "look" to their work? I think it is more the shape and architecture of the pc more than the engraving and carving, wire inlay, etc.
I try and try and a few times I think have come close, but just not there yet.
Seems the more wood taken off, the closer I gets to that "look".?
Great work, as usual. I really nice pistol.

J.M.Browning · « **Reply #22 on:** July 02, 2024, 05:43:27 PM »

Im speechless!

Bob Gerard · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2024, 02:52:52 AM »

Very nice pistol!
Who is Mike Brooks?

🤣

bones92 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 08, 2024, 07:50:44 PM »

Careful, Bob... if you say his name three times, he appears in your gun room and replaces your finest flintlocks with brooms.

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Author Topic: Brooks pistol No. 23 - so nice, I had to buy it twice! (Read 4992 times)