Description

Very Rare, Day’s Patent, All-Brass Blunderbuss Style, Truncheon Percussion Pistol with Skull, Circa 1825 *NFS, *NOT FOR SALE, ❗RARE❗

This fascinating combination weapon from the 1830s combines a blunderbuss style pistol using an underhammer action with a truncheon and would have been an excellent sidearm for a lawman or prison guard. These rare truncheon pistols are just one of a variety of arms made based on John Day's 1823 British patent originally covering an underhammer cane gun. The Birmingham proofed barrel screws off and has an approximately .45 caliber bore that flares out to around one inch at the belled muzzle. The barrel and action have multiple bands of wavy line knurling for grip. Non-standard London style proof marks are marked on the bottom of the barrel; A truncheon is a police officers billy club; The blunderbuss is a 17th- to mid-19th-century firearm with a short, large caliber barrel; Approximately a 55 caliber bore with an 8 ½” barrel. Most of these guns had an eagles head; very few are out there with a Skull; 15.5” overall in length; Fine condition; brass surfaces; The piece even was designed with a “safety” that was actuated by removing the knurled knob on the hammer, thus leaving the gun incapable of being cocked. According to Winant’s Firearms Curiosa, pages 154-55, the truncheon pistol employed the same firing mechanism used in Day’s Patent Cane guns.

Overall Length: 15.5”

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