A FINE & VERY RARE 40-BORE FLINTLOCK EIGHT-SHOT REPEATING MAGAZINE PISTOL ON THE LORENZONI SYSTEM

BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1790-5

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A FINE & VERY RARE 40-BORE FLINTLOCK EIGHT-SHOT REPEATING MAGAZINE PISTOL ON THE LORENZONI SYSTEM
BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1790-5
With swamped rebrowned twist turn-off octagonal barrel signed in full on the top-flat and engraved with a band of running foliage at the breech-end, pivoting blade/bead fore-sight, shaped action housing the rotating breech-block and incorporating the hinged magazine-access opposite the lock, the whole engraved with scrollwork, flower-heads, sunbursts, swags and martial trophies, slender down-curved tapering loading-lever with button finial, back-action lock signed in full on a ribbon and engraved with flowering foliage, the priming-pan with sprung hinged magazine-cover, swelling chequered figured walnut butt with characteristic carved pommel, large border engraved silver 'wagon-wheel' escutcheon with slotted outer edge, and engraved iron trigger-guard
10in. (25.4cm.) barrel

Lot Essay

For further information on Mortimer's repeating pistols please see H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers, 1753-1923, pp. 225-238

The vendor informs us that he made a replacement cock and cock-link fitted to this pistol

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