Cavalry pistol, France, AN XIII

pistol length 352 mm, pistol weight 1290 g, caliber 17 mm

L u f f a steel, oxidized, slightly tapered at the tip, attached to the stock with a massive lug and a bolt on the braid to the butt. Z a m e k rocker of the French type. Smooth oxidized sheet metal. Brass counterplate depolished with buckler. Lock mechanism in working order. O s s a d a - bed and flask - from a uniform piece of walnut wood. Trigger-tongue cover of steel, oxidized. The holster and front mustache of brass. The bed extends to half the length of the barrel, with a hollow channel for a steel after-bolt. The head of the butt ends in a brass cap. The buttstock, the counterbore, the breech, the cap, the rear slat of the breech - with a stamped signature: the letter "J" after the crown (Javelle employed in St-Etienne in 1785-1812). At the height of the chamber, on the left side, embossed letters on the neck of the settlement.
state of preservation: 4/4/4