Flintlock identification

[Brbecker]

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[pitfighter]

Photos are coming up very small -
Anyway of making them a little larger.

Cannot tell if the barrel and lock are steel with a "gold" wash - or brass.

[Brbecker]

Let’s see if this link works better for the photos

https://photo4fun.imgbb.com/albums

[pitfighter]

The "made in Italy" stamp on the barrel is the give away, It's a 20th century replica.

It's cast brass, no craftsmanship on this, these are made on an assembly-line. It's a modern decoration-piece and probably not a shooter - $60-200

[Brbecker]

Any suggestions on how to discover if it can be shot?

[pitfighter]

Here is one like yours - https://antiques.blognook.com/2017/0...stol-northern/

Make sure it is unloaded, meaning there is no powder load in the barrel. Buy a small bag of pistol flints from a blackpowder supplier. Degrease the frizzen, and maybe wipe it with some very fine grain Emery paper. Fix the flint into the lock properly, line the edge of the flint up with the Frizzen, and cock and fire the lock, if you get a shower of sparks, you know it will fire.

From that point out it's a matter of safety knowledge and expertise - which is covered in far better detail in beginners books on black-powder shooting.

I cannot see from the photos whether the touch hole is drilled, often it isn't as that became a part of the import procedure, you drilled your own touch hole.

[Brbecker]

Amazing thank you