Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 562
SIMEON NORTH, USA A .54 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE PISTOL, MODEL PERCUSSION CONVERSION OF THE 1819 FLINTLOCK, no visible seria...

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SIMEON NORTH, USA
A .54 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-PISTOL, MODEL 'PERCUSSION CONVERSION OF THE 1819 FLINTLOCK', no visible serial number,
dated for 1822, with round tapering iron 10in. barrel, boat shaped fore-sight, raised sighting ears to the top-strap, the breech with inspectors stamps and off-set nipple, flat lock with radiused tail dated 1822, sliding safe behind the hammer, remnants of the original brass pan stamped below with an American eagle device and 'S. NORTH, MIDLTN, CONN' (rubbed, partially illegible), walnut three-quarter stock (cracked through and repaired behind lock and sideplate), full iron grip-straps, doves-head pommel-cap, broad barrel-band and captive iron ramrod

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Estimate £400-600