This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 255*
A Swedish 19-Bore Model 1859 Percussion Rifled Cavalry Pistol CarbineNo. 339, Dated 1832
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £576 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA Swedish 19-Bore Model 1859 Percussion Rifled Cavalry Pistol Carbine
No. 339, Dated 1832
No. 339, Dated 1832
Converted from flintlock, with russet barrel (some bruising) with brass fore-sight, rifled with four wide grooves and retained by a spring-held brass barrel band, serial numbered tang incorporating a back-sight, serial numbered flat lock dated on the inside and with dog-catch (incomplete) engaging with the back of the hammer, full stock (minor damage) with steel strap down the back of the butt, regulation brass mounts including side-plate stamped 'HS No. 40' and flattened spurred pommel, and no provision for a ramrod; complete with its shoulder-stock (minor split) secured by a spring-catch, brass butt-plate stamped en suite with the side-plate, and with iron lanyard ring (some wear overall) (2)
25 cm. barrel
25 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Converted from the flintlock 1820 model issued to the Hussar Corps of the Swedish Royal Household Regiment. For another example in the Kungl Armémuseum, Stockholm (no. AM4852), see Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, 1968, p. 112, no. 384 (illustrated)








