A Fine & Rare Pattern 1756/81 Land Service Flintlock Heavy Dragoon Pistol. 19 ½" overall, 12" round steel carbine bore barrel with Kings proof & inspector’s stamp central at the breech, rounded double line engraved lock plate with GR cypher and Government ownership stamp and Tower across the tail, rounded swan neck cock. Figured full stock with apron around the barrel tang & stamped with inspector's marks including those in the ramrod channel, Ordnance Storekeeper's mark dated 1786 to the top right of the escutcheon, regulation brass mounts, brass tipped ramrod.
Circa 1786
In good condition cock screw replaced minor splits to fore end.
See De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, 1997, pp. 62-63 and 84-85, pl.90