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Dutch or French flintlock naval boarding pistol, late 1700s.

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Dutch or French flintlock naval boarding pistol, late 1700s.
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Dutch or French flintlock naval boarding pistol, late 1700s. 834 grams, 12-1/2" long, 5-3/4" barrel. Of the type supplied by Europeans to the American colonists, this plain gun features an octagonal-to-round iron barrel with ring-turned decoration, English style lock with roller on the frizzen spring, "S"-form hammer, polished and unadorned walnut stock with old and inconspicuous repair to fore-end, brass trigger guard and side plate with "F" touchmark, flat butt with recessed iron plate containing lanyard ring, plain wooden ramrod, all in good condition although metal has been cleaned and barrel shows patches of light pitting. With photo-certificate.