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Pirate Boarding Gun ??

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Trying to sell an antique gun collection for a family member. Can someone tell me approx. value of this gun?

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This gun was purchased in Doha, Qatar (Arabian Gulf) in 1972. The gun was designed as a Pirate flintlock boarding gun with the butt end to be used as a hook on one side as an aid to go over the side of a boat and then as a weapon (axe) on on the other end of the butt plate. The butt plate, perpendicular to the length of the gun, is 6 1/4 inches long.

The pistol, built in the late 1700s to early 1800s, has a 10 1/4 inch iron barrel with a 5/8 inch bore and is 19 1/2 inches in length overall. The butt plate has an ornate design and the 6 inch trigger plate, ornate also. The hand grip and fore arm, have 1/32 inch brass inlay scrolls on edge.

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  • David Nunn
    I ain't saying that's what this one is, but in the 1970s, a lot of guns of similar appearance were made in India, Pakistan, and the Middle East for the tourist/export trade. They were made as decorators only.

    I used to see them advertised in the Shotgun News.
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  • He Dog
    That would be my bet as well. As such the value would be minimal.
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  • rsnyder55
    From the functional point of view, if it is a flintlock, it missing several pieces.
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  • Spider7115
    Yep, just a bunch of old parts assembled for the tourist trade. It might bring $100 for a novelty wallhanger or conversation piece.
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  • rstarr
    did you ever find any concrete information on your gun? I have one that is almost identical in every way. same side plate, inlay design, and aged look even the pin thru the forearm. the butt of mine is the only thing shaped different. Ive been wondering about this gun for some time.
    thanks
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  • David Nunn
    Hang it on the wall and make up a story about it.
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  • Spider7115
    Junk parts assembled by locals to peddle to ignorant tourists who think they found an undiscovered treasure.
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  • perry shooter
    POS [:(]
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.com
    Strickly a Wall Hanger...Value is about $75.00..as far as being a Pirate Gun....Never happened.....Like Nunn and several others said....!
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  • babun
    A little trick about So-called antique flint lock pistols.... If the S shaped hammer is made from flat sheet metal, it's most likely a tourist trap fake. Almost all real flint locks of that era have rounded and decorate hammers.
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