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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:British; English
Title:Pistol
Date Made:18th century
Type:Armament
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England
Measurements:overall: 15 1/4 in; 38.735 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK L.B.2.38
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
An English pistol of the Revolutionary War period, which has been made over into an early type percussion cap by inserting a barrel shaped plug, which holds the nipple, into the firing hole. Round steel barrel, steel lock plate, hammer, trigger, and nipple, brass trigger guard, forward sight, and two ramrod guides. Black walnut curved handle and full length stock. Lock plate engraved with a small scroll design and WARRANTED.
Weight: 2 lbs

Tags:
firearms

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