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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3317948, member: 14873&quot;]Anither of my hobbies is collecting and researching antique flintlock firearms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Napoleonic wars British Light Dragoon pattern pistol</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/00bldp18.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>British Light Dragoon Pattern Flintlock Pistol, circa. 1813</p><p>.67&quot; caliber, 9&quot; barrel length, 15&quot; overall length, brass furniture</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/00bldp17.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>One piece steel ram rod with spring retainer</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/00bldp15.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Royal crown inscribed on flat lock plate</p><p>Floral leaf decoration on reinforced cock and lock plate tail</p><p>Note: no GR cypher under Crown, No Ordnance broad arrow stamp under pan, no TOWER stamp on tail of lock plate - this pistol was not consigned to the Ordnance Store</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/00bldp22.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Barrel Stampings</p><p>Right: Birmingham Proof Mark: Crown over crossed scepters - BPC</p><p>Center: Tombstone Mark: &quot;1&quot; over sitting bird (1813 maker&#039;s mark)</p><p>Left: Birmingham View Mark: Crown over crossed scepters - V</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes</p><p><br /></p><p>This Light Dragoon pattern flintlock pistol was produced by an unknown British gunmaker c. 1813.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one piece steel ram rod, secured by a spring retainer, is original to this gun. Light Dragoon Pistols issued from Government Ordnance Stores did not have the acanthus decorative engraving on the side plate and cock and were equipped with one piece brass tipped wooden ram rods during this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>This pistol may have been privately purchased by a British Army Officer, a common practice during this time, and used during the Napoleonic wars or the War of 1812 in America/Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>This style of pistol saw extensive use by British Officers and their Spanish/Portuguese allies during the peninsular war in Spain during 1813-1814, and additionally by Prussian officers at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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