A .577 D.B. HAMMER HOWDAH PISTOL BY ARMY & NAVY, no serial number visible, Jones patent rotary-underlever, non-rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, chequered walnut butt with foliate-scroll engraved cap and lanyard-loop, bolted detachable forend, the barrel with full-length file-cut rib | Christie's

Lot 56

A .577 D.B. HAMMER HOWDAH PISTOL BY ARMY & NAVY, no serial number visible, Jones patent rotary-underlever, non-rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, chequered walnut butt with foliate-scroll engraved cap and lanyard-loop, bolted detachable forend, the barrel with full-length file-cut rib

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A .577 D.B. HAMMER HOWDAH PISTOL BY ARMY & NAVY, no serial number visible, Jones patent rotary-underlever, non-rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, chequered walnut butt with foliate-scroll engraved cap and lanyard-loop, bolted detachable forend, the barrel with full-length file-cut rib
7¼in. barrel, Black Powder proof

Lot Essay

This pistol appears to be chambered for the .577 Short Snider cartridge. Please see George A. Hoyem The History and Development of Small Arms Ammunition, Vol. 3, page 46

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