Details
A FINE PAIR OF PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS with rifled browned twist octagonal sighted barrels signed in full, case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum line and plug, scroll engraved case-hardened tangs, signed scroll engraved case-hardened detented locks with engraved safety-catches, ebonised half-stocks, chequered butts, blued steel trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy, engraved case-hardened pommels and fore-end caps, vacant silver escutcheons, set triggers, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including white-metal three-way flask, the lid with trade label and flush-fitting carrying handle, by J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, Nos.2580 and 2581 for 1834
15 7/8in.
15 7/8in.
Literature
Wilfrid Ward, 'Duels & Duelling', p. 627
'British Pistol Duelling and its Weapons', p. 25
'British Pistol Duelling and its Weapons', p. 25