tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post5068166520505009595..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Tools of the Trade: Is That a Flintlock in Your Pocket or...Paulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-39931222687359173452009-08-28T12:09:24.188-08:002009-08-28T12:09:24.188-08:00Thanks for the clarification, Pauline. Wow, that m...Thanks for the clarification, Pauline. Wow, that must have been pretty dangerous... Using a flintlock in the early 20th century, I mean. I would guess that since they stopped making them by the mid 1800's any that were still in use would have to be over 50 years old... Kaboom! Talk about blowing up in your face (or your hand at least)...Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-73962441664027433412009-08-27T16:11:21.055-08:002009-08-27T16:11:21.055-08:00Ahoy Timmy, and thankee. You're right, of cou...Ahoy Timmy, and thankee. You're right, of course. The "gun the won the West" was a revolver - whether Colt or Winchester, take your pick. In many parts of the world, though, the expense of a repeating gun was staggering, and flintlocks were still limping along (not much changed from their heyday in the 1700s) in the early 20th century in some places. True story.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-70017912128989190952009-08-27T15:15:02.727-08:002009-08-27T15:15:02.727-08:00Very funny post, Pauline. The "half-cocked&qu...Very funny post, Pauline. The "half-cocked" thing would have been a good one for "Sailor Mouth Saturday"... Not to quibble with you on your history, since you are far more knowledgable than I on such matters, but I believe that Samuel Colt patented the revolver in the 1830's and by the 1850's Colt and others were producing them en masse. I'm pretty sure that by the Civil War era, the revolver had replaced the flintlock as the handgun of choice for most folks, but maybe not for pirates? The US Navy had their own revolver, the 1851 Colt navy model, which was actually produced from 1850 until 1876 according to these links:<br />http://civilwarhandgun.com/<br /> http://www.realarmorofgod.com/civil-war-weapons.htmlTimmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com