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Flintlock pistol, with wood and furniture intact but missing the actual lock.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Flintlock pistol, with wood and furniture intact but missing the actual lock.
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This item SOLD at 2011 Oct 26 @ 18:08UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Flintlock pistol, with wood and furniture intact but missing the actual lock. 555 grams, 16" long. Amazingly, the entire wooden stock of this typical pistol escaped the usual rot and worm-damage that obliterates wood, but the iron parts are all rusted away, leaving voids in the wood, onto which the brass parts (trigger guard, buttplate, sideplate and ramrod holder) were left attached or were re-attached with encrustation. Pedigreed to the Marty Meylach collection. Recovered from:Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys