Went to a small gun shop yesterday with my nephew and i saw one of those modern black plastic pistols that looked cool, But wasn't that cool for $1200!

I started to turn and on the same hook i found this! I almost walked away until the brass caught my eye and then i saw the price and scooped it up and took it to the front counter and paid the bill.

Walked out with a .69cal Tower Flintlock Smoothbore Pistol!

I went and cleaned out the lock and cleaned the pistol. Looked at the frizzen, Not one strike on it! The guy at the gun store told me the original owner bought it a long time ago, put some kind of nasty grease smelling stuff on it to antique it and then hung in on the wall. By the looks of all the dust it had on it, I believe him.

Got a brand spankin new pistol for a good price and the brass aged nicely over the years.