£400 - £600
Pair of Irish percussion boxlock pocket pistols signed Calderwood, Dublin, for top hat percussion caps, .45 calibre approx, with hidden triggers, chequered walnut rounded butts with oval silver escutcheons, 6" long overall
** Section 58(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 - no licence is required if an antique firearm is possessed as a “curiosity or ornament”
one numbered 3260 and the other 3261, one with what appears to be a later replaced screw to the top near the sliding safety, the actions fine, quite firm but both hold on half and full cock, trigger releases, sliding safeties and trigger function fine, both with some pitting and corroded spots
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