A pair of miquelet percussion pistols dating: Second quarter of the 19th Century…

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A pair of miquelet percussion pistols

dating: Second quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Napoli, Smoothbore, two-stage, 16 mm cal. barrels, with two marks among silver decorations at the first part, round at the second part, after a ring, and with moulded muzzle; tangs with sight, miquelet locks with sober engravings. Wooden, half stocks with checkered butt and brass mounts, shell-shaped muzzle rings. Iron ramrod. Mechanism needs revision.

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A pair of miquelet percussion pistols

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