Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 630
AN UNUSUAL 4.5mm PERCUSSION HAMMERLESS GALLERY PISTOL, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,

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AN UNUSUAL 4.5mm PERCUSSION HAMMERLESS GALLERY PISTOL, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
circa 1870 and possibly a Flobert's patent, with blued octagonal sighted false 'barrel', the actual 3 1/4in. micro-rifled barrel unscrewing from the muzzle for capping at rear, the action contained internally and cocked via a hooked lever stored beneath the barrel and operating against a roller bearing beneath the fore-end, walnut half-stock with chequered grip, square socket at rear for a detachable shoulder-stock (absent) and with white metal shield-shaped escutcheons to the rear of the moulded side-cheeks, guarded plain trigger, together with a later small wood box containing a later stripping tool, cleaning rods and other sundries



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Estimate £300-500