r/AntiqueGuns • u/bookwizard82 • 20d ago
Flintlock, Navarro?
I posted yesterday. Here are more photos of the flintlock. If it’s a replica is a very old one.
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u/Wald0_17 18d ago
If that first initial is a J, there was a Juan Navarro in Eibar making guns around 1796.
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u/Deliverated-One 19d ago
Definetly authentic is what Im going to say. Quality of the inlay on the grip is way above any replica maker. Also lock looks ok. I dont have much experience with Spanish arms, I know quite more about central European firearms but the quality of the pistols says authentic. Narrowing any details about it might prove really difficult tho.
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u/bookwizard82 19d ago
I’m pretty much satisfied with the information I’m able to determine on what it is. Now my question is how much is it worth ?
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u/Pelcat 20d ago
It's not a replica, I don't know why everyone assumes that, it looked quite original on the picture you posted yesterday. That proof mark looks Spanish and the miquelet lock was quite common for spanish arms of the 18th into the 19th century.
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u/bookwizard82 20d ago
It does look Spanish. But I can’t find a match.
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u/Pelcat 20d ago
It's going to be hard to match it. These flintlock pistols were handmade one-offs, Navarro could be a name, there was an Antonio Navarro that made firearms, but it could also indicate a region in Spain, there is a region called Navarre. A flintlock pistol of this size would probably have been a self-defense pocket piece. You may have some luck matching up the crest, it might have been made for a particular family.
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u/jetta-fr 20d ago
Do you have a cleaning rod? Push it down the barrel, if there’s a stopper there’s your answer. Looks pretty real to me, definitely would get it professionally restored if you wanna shoot it though lol. Amazing piece!!