Flintlock Pistol

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Description:

Flintlock, .63 caliber, muzzle-loading pistol, designed with a trigger guard equipped with an extra finger rest. The octagonal barrel has a small bladed foresight at the muzzle end with a wooden ramrod secured along the underside of barrel and the forearm tipped with bone. An oval cartouche is in place at the butt.