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A Scottish 25-Bore All-Metal Flintlock Belt PistolBy Thomas Caddell of Doune, Circa 1760
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Scottish 25-Bore All-Metal Flintlock Belt Pistol
By Thomas Caddell of Doune, Circa 1760
By Thomas Caddell of Doune, Circa 1760
With three-stage barrel slight flared at the octagonal muzzle, cut with longitudinal lines over the breech and with faint traces of foilate engraving, notched back-sight, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock with traces of scrolling foliage on the tail, cock en suite and with characteristic pierced and engraved roundel, three-quarter stock with faint traces of engraved decoration and with line ornament between engraved silver panels (one missing) below the lock, ram's horn butt inlaid with symmetrical silver interlace along the back and with a vacant silver escutcheon on both sides, silver button trigger and threaded pricker each engraved as a floret, and original slender ramrod with pierced feature behind the slightly flared tip (worn and lightly pitted overall, belt hook missing)
23 cm. barrel
23 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For information regarding the Caddell family of gunsmiths see Charles E. Whitelaw, Scottish Arms Makers..., 1977, p. 42








