TWO NEW LAND PATTERN FLINTLOCK SERVICE PISTOLS each with flat bevelled lock stamped 'Tower' and 'GR' crowned (one cock associated, one jaw screw broken), walnut full stocks (one chipped at the ramrod entry) each stamped with inspector's marks, regulation brass mounts, and stirrup ramrods (one side-nail defective), Ordnance view and proof marks, early 19th Century; and a 15-bore percussion gun with three-stage sighted barrel, signed engraved back-action lock, walnut half-stock (butt and fore-end split, minor worming), chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, vacant white-metal escutcheon, white-metal fore-end cap, and brass-tipped ramrod (the iron parts worn and lightly pitted overall), signed Williams, Birmingham proof marks, mid-19th Century

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TWO NEW LAND PATTERN FLINTLOCK SERVICE PISTOLS each with flat bevelled lock stamped 'Tower' and 'GR' crowned (one cock associated, one jaw screw broken), walnut full stocks (one chipped at the ramrod entry) each stamped with inspector's marks, regulation brass mounts, and stirrup ramrods (one side-nail defective), Ordnance view and proof marks, early 19th Century; and a 15-bore percussion gun with three-stage sighted barrel, signed engraved back-action lock, walnut half-stock (butt and fore-end split, minor worming), chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, vacant white-metal escutcheon, white-metal fore-end cap, and brass-tipped ramrod (the iron parts worn and lightly pitted overall), signed Williams, Birmingham proof marks, mid-19th Century
15¼in. and 31¼in. barrels (3)

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