A WILLIAM IV PERCUSSION COASTGUARD PISTOL with 6in. barrel, flat bevelled bolted lock engraved 'Enfield' on the tail and with 'WR' crowned, walnut full stock stamped with inspector's mark, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate (iron lanyard ring missing), and swivel ramrod, Ordnance view and proof marks, circa 1835

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A WILLIAM IV PERCUSSION COASTGUARD PISTOL with 6in. barrel, flat bevelled bolted lock engraved 'Enfield' on the tail and with 'WR' crowned, walnut full stock stamped with inspector's mark, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate (iron lanyard ring missing), and swivel ramrod, Ordnance view and proof marks, circa 1835
11¾in.

Lot Essay

For this type of pistol see Robert E. Brooker, Jr., British Military Pistols, p.69, fig. 63

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