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Mr. Hallquist:
I thought you to be something of a scribe; so are you going to accept the undertaking?
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 03/01/08 10:23 AM.
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Daryl,
There may been more than you imagine. Have you asked Tim?
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Raimey,
I have several sources, but the best single source is an article for an Arms & Armor Society written in the 1950's. If my brain was working right now, I could quote chapter and verse, but I just can't get it out of the cob webs. One book (awesome book) I can pull off the top of my head is Early Percussion Firearms, by Lewis Winnant. There are also a couple of books by Merrill Lindsay with some good information. In his book 100 great guns (IIRC), he has a photo of a Robert made Pauly in 20 bore.
George Hoyem (whom I've had some conversations with) has covered the Pauly cartridges in one of his books.
I have a friend who has not only seen, but handled the two guns in the Royal collection, one of which was made by Durs Egg.
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Raimey,
The first source I cited, is an article in the December 1957 Edition of the Journal of the Arms & Armor Society and the article is entitled Pauly, Gun-Designer, by, W. Reid.
This is by far, the most authoratative work on Pauly and the most complete. My copy was given to me by the Arms & Armor Curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum. Most serious students of Arms & Armor consider this article to be the best source on Pauly, and I would have to agree.
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Kevin:
Thanks for taking the time to search and to reply w/ the info. I have a couple copies of "Firearms Curiosa' by Lewis Winant but he only briefly mentions Pauly. If you have any surplus books or any leads, please let me know by email.
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Raimey
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There's a very cheap used copy of Early Percusson Firearms on Amazon used books right now. This is an outstanding book. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B...7347&sr=1-4
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Raimey, I would love to see an article, but really don't know enough to write something. I guess I could copy Winnant etc , but anyone interested can read that. Crudington and Baker have a bit, too. A few years ago in Las Vegas, there were two gun by Pauly. They were on separate tables. One was a double rifle and the other was wonderfully engraved and inlayed. I wish I could have taken those pieces of history home.
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Mr. Hallquist:
I have attempted to order the book from Kevin's post and hopefully over time a sufficient number of Pauly texts will be put together and someone can at least compare and combine, and then pen such an article.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Raimey, it sounds good to have people looking for info on Pauly. For and article, I'm sure some photos of the local gun can be had. Somewhere I have seen the Pauly rifle and shotshells, too. Maybe just pictures.
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To return to the original question, the percussion SXS surely looks very French/Belgian. Similar designs were made well into the cartridge era and can be seen in the 1911 Alfa catalog.
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