Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 467
A SUBSTANTIAL PAIR OF 13-BORE FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT MAN-STOPPER PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial numbers,
Product Details
A SUBSTANTIAL PAIR OF 13-BORE FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT 'MAN-STOPPER' PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial numbers,
Belgian, circa 1785, with swamped octagonal micro-groove rifled 7in. barrels, blade fore-sights, plain flat bevel-edged lockplates, roller-bearings to the frizzen springs, plain hammers, walnut full-stocks with chequered pistol-grip butts, swollen pommels with flat iron butt-caps, iron trigger-guards with French-style front pillars and iron ramrods (fore-end on one pistol partially replaced)
Estimate £1,000-1,500