muzzy flintlock – BLACK WATCH PISTOL
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The pistol that comes to mind is of Scottish origin. The framework is all metal. There is no wood in its construction. My belief, since I have never shot one, is that it may be a working muzzleloader but not necessarily designed to be a target or hunting weapon. Check the pistol on this site: http://www.by-the-sword.com/scotland.html Good huntin Fetherz Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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If You’re referring to the same gun that Dixie Gun Works sells, then I handled one at a gunshow. It was heavy and cold for it’s size, the grip was too small for my hand, and I have "normal" size hands. I believe they’re smooth bore, which aren’t known for acuracy, but fairly good shooting at close range can be done with a smoothy. The gun I handled didn’t have the smoothest action either, I can’t comment on reliablility or parts availability. It’d likely need some tuning to perform. — Good fishing, Matt Moore Visit Matt’s Severum World at: http://www.virtualseeds.com/matt.html
>I am interested in a .54 cal. muzzy pistol. The only thing I had come >across is called a Black Watch, but have yet to see a photo of one or get >any other info. Has anyone had any experience w/ the Black Watch Pistol in >.54 cal. flintlock? Are these accurate? -reliable? -parts readily >available if it breaks? -how is the manufacturer? What is the general >quality of this gun? >-Mark >Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I am interested in a .54 cal. muzzy pistol. The only thing I had come across is called a Black Watch, but have yet to see a photo of one or get any other info. Has anyone had any experience w/ the Black Watch Pistol in .54 cal. flintlock? Are these accurate? -reliable? -parts readily available if it breaks? -how is the manufacturer? What is the general quality of this gun? -Mark Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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: I am interested in a .54 cal. muzzy pistol. The only thing I had come : across is called a Black Watch, but have yet to see a photo of one or get : any other info. Has anyone had any experience w/ the Black Watch Pistol in : .54 cal. flintlock? Are these accurate? -reliable? -parts readily : available if it breaks? -how is the manufacturer? What is the general : quality of this gun? : -Mark Good grief, try www.dixiegunworks.com I think the Black Watch type is a flintlock Scottish military type pistol with a all metal hand grip with front and back edges extended in small ornamental curls under the butt. I don’t know, but out of hand doubt a BP pistol is going to give satisfactory hunting service, sights available on replicas of traditional BP designs are going to be very crude, power is presumed by me to be low, and ballistic performance of spherical balls typicaly loaded is absolutely awful compared to cylindrical (mini ball) rifle type ammo that use a different rifling twist rate for stabilization. For fun on paper I think you’d be happy though. — Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
