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A Rare George II 28-Bore 1756 Pattern Flintlock Sea Service PistolBy Galton, Samuel Of Birmingham, Dated 1759
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £720 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare George II 28-Bore 1756 Pattern Flintlock Sea Service Pistol
By Galton, Samuel Of Birmingham, Dated 1759
By Galton, Samuel Of Birmingham, Dated 1759
With plain russet barrel (shortened) and tang, flat bevelled lock (mechanism mostly missing) with 'GR' crowned and signed and dated across the tail, flat bevelled ring-neck cock and steel cut-off straight along the top, figured full stock (shortened, some wear, bruising and minor damage) with apron around the tang, regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard numbered '3/27' on the bow, and forward ramrod-pipe (belt hook and ramrod missing, iron parts rust patinated overall), King's proof marks
25.2 cm. barrel
25.2 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For a similar unshortened example by the same maker see De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., Pattern Dates For British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, 1997, p. 63, pls. 96-7








