Can anyone help me find a firing replica of a revolutionary war pistol?

I cannot find anything online. I've looked at Dixie Gun Works, Track of the Wolf, and when I put in 'blunderbuss' in a search engine, I always get NON firing replica pages. Are any of these guns available?

Regards,

Daniel J. Morlan

#I cannot find anything online. I've looked at Dixie Gun Works, Track #of the Wolf, and when I put in 'blunderbuss' in a search engine, I #always get NON firing replica pages. Are any of these guns available?

Now what are you REALLY looking for?

The subjects says 'pistol', but you say you've done searches on 'blunderbuss'. Those are entirely different things. A blinderbuss is a short shoulder arm.

Are you looking for a pistol or a blunderbuss?

Navy Arms and CVA sell them...I know CVA has a kit in flint or percussion, I have one here now...the kit requires simple fitting (a little file and rasp work) and finishing of the wood and metal...mine took maybe 15 hours to complete...and they shoot great...mine is a 45 cal flintlock and I load it with 20 gr of black powder, under a round ball..Good Luck!!! Sic Semper Tyrannis

Try Cabellas. They used to have them.

>I cannot find anything online. I've looked at Dixie Gun Works, Track >of the Wolf, and when I put in 'blunderbuss' in a search engine, I >always get NON firing replica pages. Are any of these guns available?

>Regards,

I have seen them listed in some very old editions of the Dixie Gun Works catalogs from the 1980's. I have never seen any newer editions of their catalogs. You might be able to find them at ebay or at a gun show or in a gunshop that deals with used reproduction black powder pieces.

Sam Heywood

# I cannot find anything online. I've looked at Dixie Gun Works, Track # of the Wolf, and when I put in 'blunderbuss' in a search engine, I # always get NON firing replica pages. Are any of these guns available? # # Regards, # # Daniel J. Morlan # Depends on what sort of pistol you want, American, British, naval or land. It's seems like you're about 20 years too late for the old 'Tower' model pistols, these were about .69 caliber and bore some resemblance to British naval boarding pistols and were pretty cheap back then. Haven't seen any kits or completed guns in a long time. Pistols in the land forces were carried by officers and cavalry, officers would have their own purchased arms, they weren't issued any. So most any large bore flintlock pistol would probably have been carried by officers, in pairs. Look for flintlock holster pistols. There are some 'Kentucky' pistol kits out there, I'm not sure what usage of those would be among the irregulars on the American side. Most of those tended to use large knives when the ranges closed. Pistols would have cost almost what a rifle would but would have been of less use on the frontier. Regular solders on both sides were armed with smoothbore muskets and bayonets, none of them would have had pistols or the money to purchase same.

Blunderbusses tended to be specialized arms, pictures of Pilgrims to the contrary. Used for defending mail coaches, self-defense and naval boarding actions, not an arm generally issued. It was used where you'd use a riot gun these days. Dixie used to have a kit and some parts, these have vanished as well as the Tower pistols.

The used replica market seems to be what you need to look at these days unless you're into creating guns from scratch. The blackpowder market has changed a lot from those early days, there's a lot more interest in hunting arms and Old West guns than Revolutionary War replicas these days.