early 1800 parlor pistals
2007-12-13 06:55:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Parlor pistols, many times are also referred to as Flobert pistols. The bullet size could vary but mostly were in the .22 caliber range and were fired using little or no powder charge. Today the closest cartridge we would have would be a .22 cal. CB or BB cap. These rounds were accurate enough for indoor shooting and many were used in the parlor with a back board of wood or something similar. Even in the Sherlock Holmes stories, his landlady was upset over him shooting his parlor pistol into the wall.
Some of these pistols can be very poorly made and very small like a kids CB pistol from the 1870's. and many can be very elaborate and valued as a fine firearms. Value varies so much as to require alot of knowledge just in this area.
I have held silver mounted, cherry stocked parlor pistols that I would have gladly paid $500.00 plus for but it was not to be.
A run of the mill Flobert cartridge parlor pistol probably would bring about $300.00 in working condition. That is the stripped down version and they can get very ornate.
Flobert was the original inventor of the cartridge and initial firearm. Generally pronounced "Flow- bare".
Hope it helps
2007-12-13 09:19:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 03:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be better served by a blue book of gun values. Or by going to borders and looking in their refrance section they might have a few books on the subjects. These are hard to price unless you know something about them because there were so many different manufactures with many different models.
2007-12-13 07:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by cpttango30 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-12-14 15:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by Tom K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-13 07:04:09 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋