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Flintlock pistol with reproduction wooden parts.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Flintlock pistol with reproduction wooden parts.
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This item SOLD at 2010 Oct 23 @ 14:39UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Flintlock pistol with reproduction wooden parts. 919 grams, 21" long. The trouble with shipwreck flintlocks is that they contain two materials that do not survive well: iron and wood. On this particular piece the iron lock, barrel, buttplate and brass trigger guard barely survived, but the wood stock did not, so Marty replaced it with an accurate facsimile and trigger guard and attached the iron pieces (conserved and thickly sealed, the lock and original trigger guard now separate) to make a museum display. From the Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys, pedigreed to the Marty Meylach collection.