Pirmet a Paris? w/a pic

elastic limit · December 9, 2006, 10:02 PM

Does anyone know anything about a Parisian gunmaker named Pirmet? I think he was active around the late 18th to the early 19th century, and I saw a couple guns he made for European royalty in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
The reason I ask is that a friend of mine has a double caplock shotgun with some pretty cool carving and some gold inlay marked Pirmet a Paris. Web searches have been pretty sparse, and I haven't seen any info in any books.
(If you want more pics/info just ask.)

kirkcdl · December 9, 2006, 11:17 PM

You might want to post this on one of the forums on www.Gunboards.com ,it's a lot more collector-oriented than other sites.Good luck...

MarcusZ · December 13, 2006, 04:54 PM

This is a great site for identifying old European firearms:

http://www.littlegun.be/index.htm

**James K** · December 14, 2006, 09:21 PM

My sources show a Pirmet in Paris, France, from 1779-1809, a maker of flintlocks. I have no other information, not even a first name. Either he had a long career or there was another, as that gun is percussion and appears to be original, not a conversion, probably from around 1830-1840.

Jim

December 13, 2006, 04:54 PM	#3
MarcusZ Junior Member Join Date: September 15, 2006 Location: Southeast US Posts: 6	identification This is a great site for identifying old European firearms: http://www.littlegun.be/index.htm

December 14, 2006, 09:21 PM	#4
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,439	My sources show a Pirmet in Paris, France, from 1779-1809, a maker of flintlocks. I have no other information, not even a first name. Either he had a long career or there was another, as that gun is percussion and appears to be original, not a conversion, probably from around 1830-1840. Jim __________________ Jim K

December 9, 2006, 11:17 PM	#2
kirkcdl Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2002 Location: Roseburg,ORYGUN Posts: 818	You might want to post this on one of the forums on www.Gunboards.com ,it's a lot more collector-oriented than other sites.Good luck...