I Bought Another Antique Double Duty Spring Pistol - And Lost My Cool With It

[@RiderOftheNorth1968]

As a "repair hobbyist" myself i really like your videos. You have earned yourself a subscriber. Keep calm and solve the problems. 👍

[@samparkerSAM]

Hello from New Orleans Louisiana, I'm subscribing because of this wonderful content. Also I'm trying to find information on a 1839 Tower Pistol, when it arrives I'll post a review. Need some parts for it and any help would be greatly appreciated

[@BryanCampoli]

With all my fllntlock and percussion fire arms I always have spare parts to fix them

[@jongirolami4978]

Invest in a hollow ground screwdriver set. Much better than those wedge shaped ones you are using. It will keep from further damaging screw heads.

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

If it is not impolite to ask, how much do you pay for these guns? It seems that there are a lot of them (relatively speaking) in England. I dont think we have as many here in the states.

[@morriscarstairs2685]

Sure, no problem, I have a video on my channel where I unbox this and other pistols I bought from auction and give you prices I paid for them. For a pistol of this quality, in this condition, it really should be maximum £50, but prices are climbing as the outlets you can buy these from are getting less and less, so prices are climbing and a rough example like this can get to £100.

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

@@morriscarstairs2685 Thanks, I'll look for the unboxing videos.

[@martinkavanagh196]

That wee old thing proved to be a 'Right pain in the ask' eh. - Down here in NZ that sort of antique can cost anything from around NZ$700 upwards - as NZ Police don't require any licence or registration for pre-1900 non-cartridge antiques. - Legal to own but NOT allowed to shoot. - Did you harden the welded bits just by quenching? Thanks for sharing Morris.

[@morriscarstairs2685]

Thanks, same situation re guns here. To harden; I heat the part to the correct colour and then quench, I show this in my other videos.

[@samparkerSAM]

The other day I ran into a similar problem in the US. Every state is different, had a shock when I learned my 1866 Springfield has to ship via ffl. Now the low price at auction makes since 😅

[@georgeshelton6281]

This gun was used during the post New Orleans conflict. The Marvel Comic book villain named Commander Kraken used to use one of these pistols on Iron Man/Tony Stark. Right long before tge vigilante named Scourge killed him.

[@michaelsiegmund1789]

Morris on average how much do you pay for these pistols? I have been looking around and it seems they run from about 240 to 500 pounds ( Ya I am in America but converted it in pounds) and that is in pretty bad to so so condition

[@morriscarstairs2685]

Thanks for your comment, if you look at my previous video "Antique Pistol Haul Unboxing", I give the prices I paid for them, but for this pistol I can't quite remember the price, but for an example like this, in this condition, I wouldn't have paid over £150 tops and would really want to pay less than £100 for it.