BY COLLINS OR RICHARD GROOME, LONDON, CIRCA 1680
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A 70-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL
BY COLLINS OR RICHARD GROOME, LONDON, CIRCA 1680
WITH RIFLED TURN-OFF CANNON BARREL WITH RETAINING RING AND OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL BREECH, SIGNED ROUNDED LOCK WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVED FOLIAGE, 18TH CENTURY WALNUT HALF-STOCK, BUTTON TRIGGER WITHOUT GUARD, AND IRON MOUNTS COMPRISING FLAT PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND FLUTED SPURRED POMMEL (PARTS REPLACED), LONDON PROOF MARKS
8¾IN. (22.2CM.)
BY COLLINS OR RICHARD GROOME, LONDON, CIRCA 1680
WITH RIFLED TURN-OFF CANNON BARREL WITH RETAINING RING AND OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL BREECH, SIGNED ROUNDED LOCK WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVED FOLIAGE, 18TH CENTURY WALNUT HALF-STOCK, BUTTON TRIGGER WITHOUT GUARD, AND IRON MOUNTS COMPRISING FLAT PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND FLUTED SPURRED POMMEL (PARTS REPLACED), LONDON PROOF MARKS
8¾IN. (22.2CM.)
Literature
W. KEITH NEAL AND D.H.L. BACK, GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1540-1740, P. 165, PLATES 51A,B