17 inches for a pistol barrel is unusually long , are you measuring from the touch hole or to the end of the breech ?
17 inches for a pistol barrel is unusually long , are you measuring from the touch hole or to the end of the breech ?
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It is the total length of the item I found. With the handle it could be close to 24 inches long.
Do you think it is not a pistol? Were there short flintlock musket rifles? Gee I thought I was onto something but maybe not?
Last edited by Bucknut; 10-03-2023 at 05:20 PM.
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well there were carbines during the Revolutionary war but I believe they were still a bit longer than what you've got , I think its a pistol barrel (unless it was cut to shorten) but most 13 inch barrels are uncommon . the one i found a few years ago was in the neighborhood of 11 to 13 inchesOriginally Posted by Bucknut
and a big caliber .50 to .70
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