Percussion boxlock pistol with turn-off barrel, British (c 1840)

Title	Percussion boxlock pistol with turn-off barrel
Nationality	British
Period	c 1840

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This is a typical Birmingham pistol (no maker's name), with Birmingham proofs on the barrel, the type of weapon that people would have carried for self-protection in the rough and tumble years of mid-Victorian Britain. It would deliver a devastating blow at short range (calibre approximately .50).

This is an iron-mounted example with a hidden trigger and a chequered walnut butt, set with an escutcheon. It is mechanically sound. The overall length is 7 3/4 inches.

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[Firearms : Percussion Pistols : British : 19th Century]

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