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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 48312, member: 25&quot;]The idiot copywriter uses revolver as a synonym for pistol, but I suspect that the items were made not far from the time of the ad. 16th C is of course quite daft, the style is early 19th C, when percussion was just coming in but flints were cheaper.&nbsp; The &#039;Bright polished barrel&#039; is an anomaly, an original period arm would always have a blued barrel, as a way to deter rust.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, an interesting subject. Thanks for the readable version of the ad, bakersgma</p><p><br /></p><p>I am wondering if they were &#039;new old stock&#039;, a batch of cheap flinters that simply got left unsold as everyone went percussion. If you cared if your gun was going to fire, percussion caps were the way to go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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