Pair of Over-and-Under Tube-Lock Percussion Pistols with Case and Accessories ca. 1805-10; converted after 1818 Durs Egg The son of a Swiss gunmaker, Durs Egg emigrated to England about 1768 and started his own business in London in 1772. He and his nephew, Joseph Egg (1775-1837), separately established reputations as two of the most talented gunmakers in the city. This elegant pair of pistols was originally fitted with flintlocks that were later converted to tube-locks, a more advanced mechanism patented by Joseph Manton (1766-1835) in 1818. Conversion was a common and economical method of updating a firearm as technology progressed.As a means of ignition, percussion mechanisms like the tube-lock utilized a highly combustible chemical compound called fulminate, which burns more rapidly than gunpowder when struck with force. The tube-lock operated using pre-fabricated fulminate-filled primer tubes, relieving the user from the step of priming the pan with loose gunpowder, and offering i

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Pair of Over-and-Under Tube-Lock Percussion Pistols with Case and Accessories ca. 1805-10; converted after 1818 Durs Egg The son of a Swiss gunmaker, Durs Egg emigrated to England about 1768 and started his own business in London in 1772. He and his nephew, Joseph Egg (1775-1837), separately established reputations as two of the most talented gunmakers in the city. This elegant pair of pistols was originally fitted with flintlocks that were later converted to tube-locks, a more advanced mechanism patented by Joseph Manton (1766-1835) in 1818. Conversion was a common and economical method of updating a firearm as technology progressed.As a means of ignition, percussion mechanisms like the tube-lock utilized a highly combustible chemical compound called fulminate, which burns more rapidly than gunpowder when struck with force. The tube-lock operated using pre-fabricated fulminate-filled primer tubes, relieving the user from the step of priming the pan with loose gunpowder, and offering i

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