Pirate Gun
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We found this 200-year-old flint-lock pistol while we were clearing out the home of an elderly lady who had moved to a care home. It had apparently been handed down through her husband's family by an ancestor who had served during the wars with Napoleon. The gun appeared to be complete, including a flint still clamped to the striker arm. After taking a few pictures to show my grandchildren a "pirate gun" we sold it to a collector/dealer of military antiques.
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Just two weeks after Evan and Angelina were talking about Blackbeard the pirate, I found this gun.
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An elderly lady had moved to a nursing home and we were clearing out her house.
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I carefully checked to be sure there was not a bullet in the gun.
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The gun looks exactly like the guns pirates used.
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But I don't think Grandaddy looks like a pirate.
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