Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) author of the excellent work

author of the excellent work Knuckle Knives of the Second World War

but definitely lacks the appeal of the original

It is this design that was copied when the prop makers for David Hoberman

Based on the Vetterli Saw Back bayonet of 1878

which would have indicated the size and maker

Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) author of the excellent workOriginal 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