Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102707562

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the bell was painted gray-green or sand colored

which would have indicated the size and maker

A small brass cap with a central hole for the bullet was sometimes used to cover the external mechanisms and prevent accidental percussion during transportation

but definitely lacks the appeal of the original

Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102707562Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a most unusual BIG BORE single shot Percussion pistol in the English style, which we believe to have been made in France. It has the number 7326 marked on the under side of the barrel, inside of the lock, and inside the trigger guard. The 6 1 2 inch long octagonal "Damascus" spiral forged barrel measures out to about 0. 75" inside, around 11 bore, larger than many shotguns. We thought it might have been