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9 - A very rare 1726 Model flintlock pistol
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€1,200 - 1,800Sale fees
A very rare 1726 Model flintlock pistol dating: second quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Piedmont, Smoothbore, four-stage, 18 mm cal. barrel: firstly octagonal, then sixteen-sided, and finally two round segments; brass foresight. Tang with sight. Lock entirely of iron with rounded lock plate; working two-snap mechanism; mark in the middle of the batterie spring. Wooden full stock with pipings in bas-relief (a crack in front of the lock). The left side of the butt featuring the Piedmontese surname "Mossi’" Iron mounts. Iron-tipped, wooden ramrod. For a similar item, see "Le armi del vecchio Piemonte" by Francesco Sterrantino, Vol. I, pp. 187–188.
Auction details
Rare and Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Day 1Auction house
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