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Rare pre-regulation royal navy flintlock pistol from the Manufacture de Tulle. Long, round barrel, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, canted at the top and at the thunderbolt, brass barley grain, marked at the thunderbolt "L.C.N :17" and stamped "44". Breechblock stamped "B". Lock signed "A. Guat. Tulle". Cut-out steel fittings and flat-bodied gooseneck hammer. Pan-shaped iron bail. Grooved trigger guard. Long-eared pommel. Moving lock with ring stamped "44". Black-stained walnut stock with long shaft, partly carved. Round ramrod entrance and ramrod holder. Wooden ramrod with iron pastille. Marked under the barrel, on the right, "IX"; on the left, "XIII", punches "L" then "K", "Tios" or "Tion" (difficult to read), "FC" and "N". Gun length: 52.5 cm. Barrel length: 33.6 cm. Weight: 1.350 kg. Caliber. inside: 16.8 mm. outside: 17.5 mm. A.B.E. Tulle, late 17th century. Traces of service and disassembly, wear from use, slight crack to front of trigger guard. . Rare pre-regulation royal navy flintlock pistol from the Manufacture de Tulle. Long, round barrel, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, canted at the top and at the thunder, brass barley grain, marked at the thunder "L.C.N :17" and stamped "44". Breechblock stamped "B". Lock signed "A. Guat. Tulle". Cut-out steel fittings and flat-bodied gooseneck hammer. Pan-shaped iron bail. Grooved trigger guard. Long-eared pommel. Moving lock with ring stamped "44". Black-stained walnut stock with long shaft, partly carved. Round ramrod entrance and ramrod holder. Wooden ramrod with iron pastille. Marked under the barrel, on the right, "IX"; on the left, "XIII", punches "L" then "K", "Tios" or "Tion" (difficult to read), "FC" and "N". Gun length: 52.5 cm. Barrel length: 33.6 cm. Weight: 1.350 kg. Caliber. inside: 16.8 mm. outside: 17.5 mm. A.B.E. Tulle, late 17th century. Traces of service and disassembly, wear from use, slight crack to front of trigger guard. Guat à Tulle : André Guas (or Gouas), master gunsmith in Tulle in 1697. Bibliography: See Gazette des Armes n°505, February 2018, with an important six-page article by Jack Pellissier, photos Laurent Frouin. Guat in Tulle: André Guas (or Gouas), master gunsmith in Tulle in 1697. Bibliography: See Gazette des Armes n°505, February 2018, with an important six-page article by Jack Pellissier, photos Laurent Frouin.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 500 EUR