Cavalry pistol, France, 18th/19th century (transformation)

overall length 410 mm, weight 1000 g, caliber 12 mm

L u f f a steel, round, octagonal in the bottom part, widening towards the exit, fixed to the caseback by cotter pins on the bed and a screw on the pigtail. Z a m e k cap, transformed from a rock. Signature "Miosset/A-PARIS" on the plate. The breech mechanism is in working order, lacking a chimney. The stock is made of a uniform piece of walnut wood. The bed with a hollow channel for the buckler. Flask with pear-shaped head. Brass hardware: bushings for the buckler, counterbore, bail with whiskers and head cap.
state of preservation: 3/3/3