MINT BORE**1774 – 1802 English Robert Wogdon London 50 Bore Flintlock Overcoat Pistol With Safety Bolt & Ram Rod. Sn 21393:64 .50 Muzzleloader

**MINT BORE**1774 – 1802 English Robert Wogdon London 50 Bore Flintlock Overcoat Pistol With Safety Bolt & Ram Rod. Sn 21393:64 21393:64

The English London based Gunsmith Robert Wogdon (1733-1813) is recorded as having premises at Cockspur St, Charing Cross in 1764 & Haymarket 1774- 1802 (see page 216 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). This is an excellent flintlock overcoat pistol by Robert Wogdon. It is 7 ¼” overall length with a 3 ¾” round steel barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore is near mint clean & bright. The underside of the barrel has crisp black powder proofs / inspection marks. The action has foliate engraved decoration around oval panels. one panel is signed ‘Wogdon’, the other ‘London’. It has a steel cock fitted with flint. The cocking and firing mechanisms work crisply and it has a sliding safety bolt to the rear of the action. The original walnut stock is undamaged. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:64

£695