Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A LOW COUNTRIES MODEL 1820 PERCUSSION PISTOL,
DATED 1821
an arsenal conversion from flintlock, with 20.8cm barrel,
stamped throughout with arsenal markings, and with its
stirrup ramrod (cleaned throughout)
36.5cm; 14G in
See R. E. Brooker 2006, p. 259.
£350-450
390
A FRENCH MODEL 1777 PERCUSSION PISTOL
converted from flintlock, with 18.8cm barrel, stamped ‘F’
above ‘80’ next to the percussion bolster, with a brasstipped
regulation ramrod (cleaned throughout, the stock
repaired
33.6cm; 13D in
£250-300
391
A SCANDINAVIAN PERCUSSION CAVALRY PISTOL,
CIRCA 1840
with rifled 24.8cm barrel retained by a brass muzzle band
incorporating the fore-sight, stamped with an arsenal
number at the breech, regulation lock fitted with dog-safety,
beechwood full stock impressed with numbers ahead of
the trigger-guard, regulation brass mounts, the spine of the
butt fitted with a steel plate for a shoulder stock, and with
no provision for a ramrod (cleaned throughout)
42cm; 16I in
£300-400
392
A SCANDINAVIAN PERCUSSION CAVALRY PISTOL,
CIRCA 1840
an arsenal conversion from flintlock, with tapering smoothbored
24.8cm barrel retained by a brass muzzle band
incorporating the fore-sight, stamped with a series of marks
at the breech, percussion bolster stamped with Kongsberg
mark, K crowned, regulation lock fitted with dog-safety,
hardwood full stock, regulation brass mounts, the spine of
the butt fitted with a steel plate for a shoulder stock, and
steel ramrod, perhaps the original (cleaned throughout)
42cm; 16I in
£300-400
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