Help Identifying BP Pistol
I picked up these two BP pistols yesterday.
The one on the right is an Italian clone of an Old Model Navy Percussion Revolver. .36 caliber. Probably made by Pietta.
The one on the left is a bit of a mystery. A percussion muzzle stuffer. Wonderful trigger, and adjustable rear sight. It's either .44 or .45 caliber. Made in Italy is stamped on the barrel, but no maker's name that I've found.
Both appear to be unfired. I paid very little for them.
The one on the right is an Italian clone of an Old Model Navy Percussion Revolver. .36 caliber. Probably made by Pietta.
The one on the left is a bit of a mystery. A percussion muzzle stuffer. Wonderful trigger, and adjustable rear sight. It's either .44 or .45 caliber. Made in Italy is stamped on the barrel, but no maker's name that I've found.
Both appear to be unfired. I paid very little for them.
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Seems to me that Dixie guns used to sell the other gun back in the early 80s in a kit form .I cannot lay my hands on the old catalog to be sure but it is a fairly recent ,last 30 years or so ,gun .Someone with a better memory than me will be by soon I am sure . 0 -
It's a Italian copy of a pistol that Bob Tingle. Made in Indiana back in the 50's.
Probably GOOGLEing his name, will bring up a bunch more information. Being it's a Italian copy not likely to bring the money a original Tingle would fetch.
Both in the ad below, probably made in Italy. The original Tingle's had very limited production.0 -
quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
It's a Italian copy of a pistol that Bob Tingle. Made in Indiana back in the 50's.
Probably GOOGLEing his name, will bring up a bunch more information. Being it's a Italian copy not likely to bring the money a original Tingle would fetch.
Both in the ad below, probably made in Italy. The original Tingle's had very limited production.
Wow, . . . That's the most I've found out about it so far. I searched Google, as you suggested, and while I found out quite a bit about Bob Tingle, I found little on the reproductions that this is obviously one of. I'm still looking.
Since I only paid $55 for the pistol, value is not much of a concern. I'm not a BP shooter, but now that I've got three BP pistols, I may break down and order some BP. I've already got a stash of 1K #11 caps.
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That style was made as a target pistol. It has a much more comfortable grip than the traditional style muzzle loader. 0 -
Don,
I have seen pictures of the Tingle pistols, but I did not know of the Italian reproductions. I found this page, with reference to the Italian copies (plus, a lot on the original Tingle):
post #27:
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?84167-Where-are-the-tingles
quote:I'm not confused. Mine was made by ASM (Armi San Marco) and sold by CVA (Connecticut Valley Arms) circa 1985. Regardless of who made it the design is still by Tingle (hence the name 'Tingle Pistol') although they were marketed at the time by CVA as a 'Prospector's Pistol'. In other words, the design is what makes it a 'Tingle Pistol', not the maker per se. Much in the same way that Italian clone percussion revolvers are still referred to as 'Colt 1860 Army' and Remington 1858 even though they are not made by Colt or Remington.
...post #29:
quote:By the way, I've seen some Italian Tingles that didn't have the engraved scenes on the (steel) frame sides, but were plain like the original Tingles. Did Tingle himself ever make any pistols with steel frames (receivers), or were they absolutely all brass frames on his guns? I believe that the engraved guns were the ones originally sold under the 'Prospector Pistol' moniker. (And I thought that CVA actually referred to them as 'Remington Prospector Pistol' back in the day -- 1980's -- although I can find no reference to that now, or to Remington ever having anything to do with such a design. Probably just overeager marketers, or a faulty memory on my part.
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