A Customs Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol by Barnett. 15 ½” overall, 9” round 16 bore barrel, flat stepped bolted lockplate, semi-waterproof pan, flat ring neck cock. Walnut full stock with brass butt cap, brass trigger guard, brass side plate engraved ’Customs Poole’, wooden ramrod.
Circa 1815.
Pistol in good condition.
John Edward Barnett C1810-1842 contractor to the Customs and Ordnance
Ref: Arms and Armour Society Journal September 1996.