19TH C PERCUSSION BELT PISTOL

An 18th Century Percussion Belt Pistol. The very large bore barrel with an octagonal outer, which is damasked with sighting button, belt clip, and the underside with hinged ram rod. The percussion action engraved, likewise the trigger guard, the whole with a well hatched walnut grip, with an oval escutcheon. A real man stopper!

Date c 1820.

Length 10 3/4 inches.