| Danish/Norwegian pistols >1814 |
| Although the Danish/Norwegian army had a serious number of different flintlock pistol models, only a few of them ever saw use in Norway. The M1740, the M1751 and the M1772 are the only three models the beyond any degrees of doubt were used here. I have still not managed to find a good M1751 (I hope you will take a hint), but the two other are presented in the following. I have also included a probable “erstatnings pistol” (replacement pistol) bought in 1808 to replace firearms stolen by the British at the “fleet robbery” in 1807. |
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| M1772 flintlock pistol This is the most common flintlock pistol to be found in Norway. It really is a BBP (Big Beautiful Pistol), more that half a meter long, often in very good condition with nice brass fittings and the side plate matching the muskets of the late 1700's. There are a number of different shorter versions of it as well and also a shortened percussion version (or two). |
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| M1740 flintlock pistol The M1740 flintlock pistol was taken in use by the Danish army in 1741, but probably first came to Norway some ten years later. This iron mounted pistol comes in brown or black stained beech, the above (it actually is a colour picture) shown is stained black. The barrel is octagonal in the rear end. The pistol had a wooden ramrod. Many pistols from the early 1700's were shortened down in Denmark in 1798, but |
| The M1740 iron mounted flintlock pistol |
| The M1772 brass mounted flintlock pistol |
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| German M1770(?)/Danish/Norwegian M1808(?) |
| M1750(?)/1808(?) This pistol might, of course, just be another of the not too scarce German dragoon pistols from the second half of the 1700's. Due to the fact that it belonged to a "little, old lady" that inherited it from her military ancestors and who lived on Fyn in Denmark, probability says that this pistol possibly was among the arms Denmark/Norway so desperately needed in 1808 due to the English robbery of the Danish fleet and Skjelland arsenals in 1807. This particular pistol has probably not been in Norway before I brought it with me. |
both the M1740 and the M1772 shown on this page have full length. As with all the iron mounted flintlock pistols used by the Danish/Norwegian army, the M1740 is fairly difficult to find in good, original condition. They are therefor getting to be fairly expensive. |
| M1751 Fredrik V flintlock pistol This pistol is fairly similar to the M1740, but has brass mounts. The stock can be of both black and brown stained beech and there are found pistols that have been repaired i Norway by using birch for the stock. There is a crowned Fr. V monogram on the lock. Kronborg made 12 000 if this pistol, so it should not be all that scarce - I still don't have this pistol in my collection and hoped you would take a hint. |
| The English embargo made it virtually impossible to get arms by sea. As mentioned elsewhere on my pages, the Norwegian army got supplies over Archangels in Russia (Russian Jäger rifle M1807), the Danish army mainly got arms from Belgium, France and Germany. With the exception of the above mentioned M1807 from Russia, there are, as far as I know, no records of the "replacement arms" - (erstatningsvåpen). The models vary, it seems one more or less bought anything available. If this pistol was amongst the erstatnings pistoler, a semi-educated guess is that it probably was used by the navy. |