Commodore Swab

here is it, Rusty had it, she said she was saving it for someone precious. . .

Im thinking about building a queen anne for myself as well, The only spring I haven't been able to source yet is the frizzen spring so that will have to be fabricated. As for the rest it will be a little from this lock a little from this and such. Im planning a turnoff barrel and am using this one as a pattern I have a bronze piece for the butt but am lacking a piece for the sideplate

Silver, is it like the pictures I posted?

Its made from solid stock

Apparently this one has a barrel length of 3 feet and holds 11 charges and has a bore of 1.25.

Would be pretty cool, Ive thought about it for a while now. I would love some better pictures/drawings

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A friend of mine has one of these that he purchased a while back $40 I believe, we are solving the lock problems with a new lock. To avoid problems this is a good idea. Commodore Swab

Queen Anne Pistol The Queen Anne Pistol is also known as the "turn-off" pistol due to the fact that the barrel unscrews from the chamber for loading. It takes the name "Queen Anne" from the era in which it first appeared in numbers. While any gun from the 1702-1714 period could technically be called a "Queen Anne", it is the turn-off pistol that has become synonymous with that name. The ability to have the barrel unscrew allowed for a tighter fitting bullet that would develop more power and greater accuracy in use. Most period pictures of Black Beard show him with lots of pistols that seem to be of the Queen Anne style (see above picture) An excellent book on the subject is The Queen Anne Pistol 1660-1780, by John W. Burgoyne. Sadly, I don't have this book yet, but it should be in my collection. In the begining of the Turn-off's development, the pistols were essentially the size and style of other pistols, they just had a barrel that unscrewed. The rest of the pistol remained the same with a traditional lock, which was separate from the breech. I can not confirm a date, but at some time in the "pre" or early GAoP, turn-off pistols transitioned to a combined breech and lock, that is, it was formed as one unit (if anyone can help with this transition date, please e-mail me). So the Archetype Queen Anne's that would best exemplify GAoP use would have the breech and lock as a single unit. Pedersoli Queen Anne Kit This is perhaps best described with some pictures. To the left we have the Pedersoli Queen Anne kit from Dixie Gun Works. As you can see, the lock is separate from the breech and barrel. (NOTE: This is a fairly easy kit to build, and could be done in a weekend. There are many sources for this kit, so check around for the best price) This next Queen Anne kit is from E.J.Blackley & Son. You can see that the breech and lock are made together as one unit. Queen Anne Turn-off Pistol from Blackley & Son While this particular pistol is a copy of Queen Anne from around the 1740s, this breech/lock combination would be the dominant style used during the GAoP. The kit pictured is more involved than the Pedersoli version. Kind of like the difference between a snap-tite model car and one from Tamiya. The exchange rate absolutely sucks right now, so the Blackley kit will run you $560. Figure at least on another $300 to have someone put it together for you. For the astute, you probably notice something else different with the Pedersoli kit. The pistol is not a "turn-off" at all. The kit is a muzzleloader without an unscrewing barrel. This makes it hard to figure out what Pedersoli is really copying. It has features of the early Queen Anne (large and has a separate lock), but the barrel is fixed yet there is no provision for ramrod. If anyone has a good idea of what it is, or knows which and from when the pistol is copied, please chime in and let me know. Queen Anne "Night Pistol" (non turn-off) To confuse the matter even more, there were Queen Anne style pistols that did not have unscrewing barrels. Some refer to these pistols as "night pistols" and the claim is that they were intended to be loaded with shot instead of a ball (thus not needing the turn-off barrel). These must be "the rarest" of the Queen Anne style pistols as even Burgoyne's book only has one or two pictures of them. The one pictured above even has a thimble attached for the ramrod. Taken from gentleman of fortune http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/arms.htm Hope this helps

Are you thinking of this one?

Cat fight, more entertainment Privateer or Pirate

The double barrel, was it a standard strait steel barrel or a flared bronze blunderbuss?

Tis funny how things progress thinking about not too long ago I was looking to try to figure out how a piece worked and here I am now building them from a simple solid piece of bronze. With a belt hook even, imangine what I'll be building in 5 years time

Boarding axe, at least i can cut their rigging Queen Anne or Light Dragoon?