The Sea Service pistol of the Napoleonic War of 1812 period was but little changed from the pattern of 1756/77. It still had the characteristic flat lock plate in use since early in the 18th century a 12" barrel of .62 bore, and a long, iron “rib” or belt-hook screwed to the sideplate (now bearing a crown/GR stamp). The hardware and stock were now a little more robust in form, the lock was bridled, and the cock and lock plate had engraved edging lines; otherwise, the arm was virtually indistinguishable from those in use nearly 100 years earlier. One of these pistols, along with a cutlass or sometimes, a boarding axe, was typically issued out to a certain proportion of the sailors from a Royal Navy vessel detailed for boarding or landing parties, the others being armed with Sea Service muskets and bayonets. CONDITION: The ironwork now a deep, gunmetal grey and the figured walnut stock very good, less a few dings and bruises from age/use; the lock in very good working order, the wooden ramrod possibly a replacement. JLK Name Value Accessories Barrel Length 12" Caliber/Bore .58 Smoothbore FFL Status Antique Manufacturer Tower Model 1801 Paperwork Serial Number NSN
The Sea Service pistol of the Napoleonic War of 1812 period was but little changed from the pattern of 1756/77. It still had the characteristic flat lock plate in use since early in the 18th century a 12" barrel of .62 bore, and a long, iron “rib” or belt-hook screwed to the sideplate (now bearing a crown/GR stamp). The hardware and stock were now a little more robust in form, the lock was bridled, and the cock and lock plate had engraved edging lines; otherwise, the arm was virtually indistinguishable from those in use nearly 100 years earlier. One of these pistols, along with a cutlass or sometimes, a boarding axe, was typically issued out to a certain proportion of the sailors from a Royal Navy vessel detailed for boarding or landing parties, the others being armed with Sea Service muskets and bayonets. CONDITION: The ironwork now a deep, gunmetal grey and the figured walnut stock very good, less a few dings and bruises from age/use; the lock in very good working order, the wooden ramrod possibly a replacement. JLK Name Value Accessories Barrel Length 12" Caliber/Bore .58 Smoothbore FFL Status Antique Manufacturer Tower Model 1801 Paperwork Serial Number NSN
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