Pistolet 1822 T Bis "construit neuf"
Pistol 1822 T Bis "build new"
This
Pistol is version II of the flintlock modified T & T Bis Mle 1822 except that
this one forever known of flint (let us hear well).
Precisely, it’s what one calls “Built new” (“Construit neuf” in” French).
It
dissociates original model by the following points:
-
distorts lock before modified
- Barrel
more reinforced of gauge 17-6 N (N for “Neuf” (New)) with runner taken of
forging mill (where there is the firing chimney)
- The
barrel in its version T Bis has 4 stripes.
- the rod
of loading hollowed out “to bleed” (1) the cartridge of rifle to which one
removes 2,5 grams, the remainder with paper and the warhead of the model 1857 or
1863 is used for the shooting.
The
specimen presented lost its screw of hammer.
- It was
manufactured in 1857 with Tulle (Imperial manufacture of the second Empire)
- In
attach some other photographs
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(1) To
bleed in this case wants to say, “to remove a part”
Some illustrations by the author of the identification @glt08
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