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BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 6637 FOR CIRCA 1815
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A 40-BORE RIFLED PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOL
BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 6637 FOR CIRCA 1815
Converted from flintlock, with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel cut with polygroove rifling, case-hardened patent breech and foliate engraved tang, the latter incorporating the standing rear-sight, engraved case-hardened flat detented bolted lock signed 'JOSEPH MANTON LONDON', well figured walnut half-stock with chequered butt, engraved case-hardened iron mounts including serial numbered trigger-guard with spurred finger-rest, horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod (refinished throughout, minor marking to stock)
10¼in. (26cm.) barrel
BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 6637 FOR CIRCA 1815
Converted from flintlock, with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel cut with polygroove rifling, case-hardened patent breech and foliate engraved tang, the latter incorporating the standing rear-sight, engraved case-hardened flat detented bolted lock signed 'JOSEPH MANTON LONDON', well figured walnut half-stock with chequered butt, engraved case-hardened iron mounts including serial numbered trigger-guard with spurred finger-rest, horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod (refinished throughout, minor marking to stock)
10¼in. (26cm.) barrel