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Offline Jakob

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Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« on: July 28, 2024, 09:11:43 AM »


Musée de l'Armée disassembles one of Napoleons flintlock pistols and the craftsmanship on display is outstanding.

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2024, 03:07:23 PM »
That blind sideplate trick was pretty sharp!
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2024, 03:42:36 AM »
I wish it was in English.

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2024, 03:38:23 PM »
Very interesting!  WOW what extra work they went thru!

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2024, 03:10:03 PM »
I wish it was in English.

 Click on settings, Subtitles and CC, then French Autogenerated, then Auto translate, then English and at least you will be able to read the CC.

   Tim 
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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2024, 07:23:26 PM »
Now that is certainly impressive workmanship!

Thanks for the link Jakob.
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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2024, 07:05:42 AM »
Very interesting. Love the SS trigger.
Thanks for sharing
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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2024, 03:37:12 PM »
I only know one guy who could build pistols like that today. Damien Connelly.
Andover, Vermont

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2024, 11:48:35 AM »
Rich Pierce

Damien Connelly  i could only do half of what he can do




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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2024, 03:50:56 PM »
Wow! I certainly don't know everybody but I never heard of Damien Connelly. Where is he from? Outstanding work.

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2024, 05:10:36 PM »
Oops I misspelled his last name above. Damien Connolly is a neighbor here in Andover VT. He’s an Aussie who came here to work with the famous engraver Winston Churchill. He makes guns now and then but mostly engraves high end unmentionables and does jewelry. Here is a look at some of his work.
https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/artisan/damien-connolly/

https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/artisan/damien-connolly/damien-connolly-photos/
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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2024, 06:40:59 PM »

 Yes, that's what you get if you copy, I had that at school too.

 Damien Connolly

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Re: Disassembly of Napoleons Pistols
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2024, 02:42:44 PM »
Not to my taste, but outstanding workmanship. I wonder how many individual craftsman it took to build those.