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Bob Tingle Mfg Co --- are these specialty BP pistols?

Post by PT7 » Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:13 pm

I was in my LGS this morning, where I get my ML supplies. The owner wanted to show me a new consignment pistol he just brought in. He said they were hard to find, but these single shots were quality, good-shooting handguns made in the 60s-70s.

Tingle Mfg. Co. (Bob Tingle was owner, gun designer, and gun builder. He died in 1978 and the Co. closed down).
Made circa late 1970s, a .40 CAL inline BP single shot pistol.
LGS owner thought the trigger compression might be < 1 lb.
Being sold with a range rod, carry case, and two extra custom-made nips.
Priced @ $450

I've not seen a pistol build like this before; kind of hard to describe. The wood grip has a partial look of a TC Contender. But it also has a quite large round base --- looks like the pistol could almost stand up by itself. When you hold it, the bottom of your hand rests completely and snugly on the base, making the hold incredibly stable.

The firing system is harder to describe. For those familiar with the bolt action on top of a Mark IV pistol, you pull back a round knob at the grip end of the pistol in the same way. This opens up/locks the chamber area. Here you can access the nip to place on your cap. Then you muzzle-load powder, round ball, whatever needed to fire this ML. The owner told me that when needing to clean this pistol, dis-assembly allows you to get it to a completely open bore allowing a ram rod and jag to go all the way through it.

Enough said....my description is probably as clear as BP smoke hanging in the air! :lol: Just curious, if this a specialty single-shot BP pistol? Has anyone ever heard of it? Based on its appearance and operation, I would guess it might be.

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Re: Bob Tingle Mfg Co --- are these specialty BP pistols?

Post by CT_Shooter » Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:21 pm

Is this the pistol?
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PT7 wrote:
Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:13 pm
I was in my LGS this morning, where I get my ML supplies. The owner wanted to show me a new consignment pistol he just brought in. He said they were hard to find, but these single shots were quality, good-shooting handguns made in the 60s-70s.

Tingle Mfg. Co. (Bob Tingle was owner, gun designer, and gun builder. He died in 1978 and the Co. closed down).
Made circa late 1970s, a .40 CAL inline BP single shot pistol.
LGS owner thought the trigger compression might be < 1 lb.
Being sold with a range rod, carry case, and two extra custom-made nips.
Priced @ $450
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Re: Bob Tingle Mfg Co --- are these specialty BP pistols?

Post by JEBar » Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:34 pm

they also produced BP rifles .... I remember seeing one with a peep sight
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Re: Bob Tingle Mfg Co --- are these specialty BP pistols?

Post by Mistered » Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:36 pm

Is this the pistol?
No - the pic of the pistol you posted was an early CVA import made in Italy - most likely by Armi Sport which is now Chiappa.
Here is the actual Tingle pistol, or should I say one of them, as he made several styles.
The CVA version was a repro of it post - Tingle.
I vaguely remember the Tingle guns from 'back in the day'.
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Re: Bob Tingle Mfg Co --- are these specialty BP pistols?

Post by Vaquero » Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:00 am

Ugly... :lol:
Sorry, never seen or even heard of them.
Looks like they made a single shot from a 1858 frame.

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