"Firenze" engraved flintlock pistol at 25m

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This is a Belgian replica manufactured circa 1970, a few years before the closing of Belgian replica era.

Ironically it is copied from an Italian original pistol that was in Liege (Belgium) museum.

This Italian pistol was typical production of a town named "Firenze" (hence the name in French : "pistolet "Florentin") and representative of the period.

Some Pics :













And now, shooting at 25meters :

it is smoothbore of course and cal.50 ; all balls punched the target ; as you can see it is very long but not heavy ( as were original pistols, contrary to contemporary replica)








Regards

 

[4v50 Gary]

Fitting isn't so good around the lockplate. Still, it's a good looking pistol. Thanks for sharing.

 

[CraigC]

Nice and anything relating to Florence is automatically cool.

 

[Cosmoline]

Classy lines. If you miss you can just use your rapier.

 

[desidog]

That one's #2. Where's the other one?

It's interesting that they'd use the name of the place it was made, but not the maker's name. Like if Pietta or ASM had a "Hartford Connecticut" pistol.

 

[Jim K]

Firenze (Florence) was once a major center of firearms manufacture, and several Italian masters worked there. Also a few artists who turned out unimportant stuff like paintings and sculpture.

Jim

 

[CraigC]

Yep, very unimportant and uninteresting.

 

[Jim K]

Just a warning. Do not try to climb that bell tower in a hurry! You might not survive!

Jim

 

[mykeal]

It's interesting that they'd use the name of the place it was made, but not the maker's name. Like if Pietta or ASM had a "Hartford Connecticut" pistol.

Or the Colt Paterson....

 

[CraigC]

I thought Colt had model numbers for all the Paterson guns. Such as the one that has been produced by Uberti and Pietta was the #5 belt model.

 

[MattShlock]

Pretty all-over-the-place gun.

Florence is one of the most amazing cities in the world and of the major places in Italy I have been to the one I miss the most by far. The entire place is beyond words. I loved walking to that marble tower at dawn and staring at it with a cup of cafe Americano... And forget the tower -- don't climb to the top of the church in the background if you are claustrophic and not the first in.

 

[Jim K]

The real Italian antiques I have seen almost always have the name of the maker and the city, rarely just the maker. But of course that gun is not an antique, it is a "repro" and never was intended to be a true copy or to pass as original.

Jim

 

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this is the leaflet of the Belgian manufacturer "RAICK brothers"



3 versions were proposed at the time :

-none engraving and brass furniture
- partially engraved with silvered furniture (the one of this topic)
- fully engraved and gold furniture

Maybe some arrived in the USA ?

regards

 

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PICS of a pair ; the blond one is cal.50 and the red one is cal.54 :



Ever reach the USA ?

regards

 

[BHP FAN]

I think the red one seems a little slimmer than the blonde. Elegant pistolas! I haven't seen one here in the U.S...

 

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and now, shooting the red cal.54 pistol at 25m :




A lot of fun............

 

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