Victorian, C1840’s British WD Swinburn Birmingham Military Contract .650 Carbine Calibre Percussion Pistol With Captive Steel Ram Rod & Brass Furniture. Sn 21977:6 .65 Cal Muzzleloader Muzzleloader

Victorian, C1840’s British WD Swinburn Birmingham Military Contract .650 Carbine Calibre Percussion Pistol With Captive Steel Ram Rod & Brass Furniture. Sn 21977:6 - 21977:6

C. P. Swinburn was a gunmaker located at 16-17 Russell Street in Birmingham, England, beginning in the 1840s. This is a very good British WD Light Dragoon Cavalry pistol by Swinburn of Birmingham most likely made under a British WD contract. It is 14” overall length with an 8” sighted blued barrel. The barrel has British ordnance inspection marks. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The original Walnut stock is a nice deep brown with regulation brass furniture & has just the bumps & bruises to be expected with age and service use. The wood is impressed ‘Swinburn’ and with Birmingham roundel. It has its original captive steel ram rod. The brass butt plate is holed for lanyard ring. The action plate is marked ‘Birmingham' and has Crown above WD arrow indicating made for the British WD. The action functions crisply. As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a display or collection. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21977:6

£975.00