19th century saloon pistol for sale

[fernando]

For sale a Flobert type saloon pistol.
Excelent condition; no pitting, cracks or chips.
Date: circa 1880.
Caliber: .22
Rifled barrel: 22 cms.
Adjustable rear sight.
Hair trigger.
Total length: 35 cm (14").
Steel repolishing and reblueing done ten years ago.
For the nice price of 320 Euros or 400 US Dollars.
Shipping included; Paypal accepted.

Fernando

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[fernando]

Price reduced to €280 or $350.
Still shipping and paypal fees included.
These pistols are usually selling for 400 to 700 Euros ( 500 to 875 Dollars), plus additional costs.
Fernando

[fernando]

Any offers, Gentlemen?
I'm all ears.
Fernando

[fernando]

Or maybe a swap?
Fernando

[TVV]

Fernando, I hope you would not mind the following comment: certain states' legislation would make it difficult to acquire this pistol without a permit. For example, in the state of California, all pistols, including antique (pre-1898) ones could be considered potentially an "assault weapon" and thus any out of state transfer needs to go through a licensed dealer. Other states in the US also have restrictive legislation, and this may be discouraging to members like myself here.

[fernando]

Thank you so much for the hint, Teodor.
In fact, that wouldn't occur to me; i brought this thing here as a collectible piece :o .
Besides, in my 'state', firearms produced before 1890 are not subject to manifest. Also the ammunition this thing would consume (.22 Flobert) is considered obsolete.
OTOH, and as you would know, in our European imagination, guns in America are free to bear all around :eek: .
No deal, too bad :shrug: .
Fernando

[TVV]

According to US Federal law, all pre-1898 firearms are considered antiques. However, states have their own set of legislation on how to enforce the Federal law, and it varies from state to state. This gun will be OK in many states, but in some, the local laws are a bit tricky.
As for Europe, I read that the EU Parliament passed a resolution in November 2007, according to which all firearms produced before 1900 are antique and therefore exempt from any legal restrictions. All countries have two years to modify their legislation to reflect the resolution, or risk a fine (and eventually still have to do it). If so, great news for European colelctors.

[fernando]

Therefore this still leaves a lot of people being able to acquire this piece :cool: .
So back in business :) .


Fernando

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[fernando]

Sold.
Thanks
Fernando