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Description: | Sea Service pistol. The stock is made of walnut, and is fully stocked to the muzzle. Fitted with brass trigger guard and brass buttcap. A single brass ramrod pipe is fitted forward of the fore-end into which the wooden ramrod with brass tip is fitted. Steel trigger with slight backward curl. A steel belt hook is fitted to the side of the stock. The lock is a sidelock, flintlock. The barrel is circular and smoothbore. The calibre is 0.56in. It is inscribed on the lockplate with 'TOWER Crown' over 'GR'. On the barrel there is a crown over 'GR' over an anchor motif. Inscribed on the stock is 'II P' and a crown over an arrow over '1806'.
caption: Sea Service Pistol | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | sea service pistols | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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