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Description: | Small pocket percussion pistol, probably dating to around 1820s-30s. The gun has an octagonal barrel which becomes square where all the mechanisms would fit; there is a small round hole where a pin would have fitted for the percussion cap mechanism and the metal curves down to possibly form the trigger. The gun would probably have had a maple handle and has been gilded indicating a high quality pistol (although much of this has worn off). There is a small makers mark impressed onto the side of the barrel but it is not decipherable. This type of pistol would have fired small lead musket balls and was probably for self defence. The gun measures 100mm in length, and 14mm in width. It weighs 74.52g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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