RICK: Hey, how's it going? How you doing? Um-- what do we have here? HECTOR: I was hoping you could
help me out with that one. Did you do the amazing
restoration on it? I did not. [laughter] RICK: OK. It looks like 1700s,
early 1800s flintlock, that someone thought it would
be a good idea to vomit on. [laughter] [distant retching] HECTOR: I have an old pistol. I'm not too sure
where it's from. It was passed down from my dad. I'm not too sure
where he got it from. I'm looking to get
$500 for the pistol. If I'm able to make
the sale today, I'm probably just
going to go out and get myself a new wardrobe. How much you looking
to get out of this thing? I wanted to see
if I could get $500. Well, here's my problem. Someone got really
stupid with it. They spray painted, or maybe
hand-painted the barrel. Not only that, they
did a really bad job. The only thing you
got going for it-- I can tell, by the
wood, that it's old. HECTOR: OK. RICK: OK? Your lock is broken. Which means, I pull the trigger,
this doesn't fly forward But you know what? Let me call my buddy
in who deals in guns. And let me see if there's just
something he can do with it, OK? Give me a few minutes. I'm gonna give him a call. HECTOR: All right. Hey, what's up, Alex? How you doing, Rick? No offense, but that is ugly. [laughter] So a flintlock pistol. One good thing is it's got
what we would call like, a grotesque mask on the butt. That's actually a good sign. The paint job is terrible. It's definitely hand-painted. You can see all of
it on the wood here. The stuff that's
gold should be brass. And I can just see that little
bit of brass peeping through. So that's good. The stuff that's
silver should be steel. And-- RICK: That's-- that's destroyed. Yeah. [alex groans] ALEX CRANMER: I think
probably the mainspring, that's what would
give this tension, is either gone or broken. RICK: So is there any
collector value for this thing? ALEX CRANMER: So you
can see all this detail and the inlay in the wood here
is actually quite high-quality. Unfortunately, the paint
is so thick on the lock, that usually these locks would
have the gun maker name on it. And from that, we could
immediately tell about when it was made, where it was made. But based on some of the
styles of it and its length, I think it's Dutch. Probably 1720 or 1730. I think you could
probably restore this to be a pretty valuable gun. RICK: So how much would you
charge me to restore it? I think it would
be about $1,000. Once it were restored, if
I can get it functional, I think it's at least $3,000. OK. All right.
Thanks, man. I'll let you know if I get it. ALEX CRANMER: Good luck. RICK: So I will
give you 150 bucks and relieve you of your problem. [laughs] Would you do $250? RICK: I'll give you 200 bucks. It's risky buying this. I mean, I-- I don't know what I'm buying. [laughs] Um-- [suspenseful music] Yeah, I'll do the $200. OK. All right, sweet. Just follow me right over there. We'll do some paperwork. And I'll pay you. Maybe I'll take the paint off,
and it was owned by Blackbeard. [register dings] Hey, what's up man? How you doing, buddy? I got a surprise for you. RICK: It's all done. ALEX CRANMER: It's done. RICK: It's pretty looking. HECTOR: Isn't it nice? RICK: God, it doesn't even
look like the same gun. ALEX CRANMER: It actually
came out better than I thought it would come out. RICK: Have you shot it yet? ALEX CRANMER: I have not. I've been waiting for you. Mechanically, which
it's functioning perfectly right now. Some of the pieces I
really like about it, there's a lot of
intricacy with all of the engraving on the brass. That grotesque mask
came out really well. RICK: Oh, it did
come out amazing. ALEX CRANMER: Remember
Rick, if this fires correctly, I think you'll
get at least $5,000 for it. RICK: So you shoot it. And plus I hope it doesn't
blow up when you shoot it. That's what I'm
here for, my friend. Just finding one of these
guns in any condition is incredibly hard to do. Finding one that you can
restore is one in a thousand. And finding one that
we can actually fire is basically one in a million. RICK: I got my headphones
on, so I can't hear you. ALEX CRANMER: Yeah! [laughter] Oh! It worked perfectly. RICK: That was cool. And it went off first try. With these old guns,
that's like, a 50/50 shot. ALEX CRANMER: This
is 300 years old. Bang. You should go to
the casino right now. ALEX CRANMER: Honestly,
I really should. RICK: I guess it
was a good buy then. ALEX CRANMER: It was
a great buy, man.
