Featuring a Highly Attractive Eagle Head Pommel
This fascinating combination weapon from the 1830s combines a blunderbuss style pistol using an underhammer action with a truncheon… 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 .60 caliber bore that flares out to nearly an inch at the belled muzzle. The barrel and action have multiple concentric bands of wavy line knurling for grip. The breech face of the barrel is marked “4”, and “84” is on the hammer; “J.R” is marked on the action near the breech. The distinctive eagle head pommel is hollow and has a threaded cap.
Very seldom are these pistol-truncheons encountered in the U.S., and they make outstanding additions to curiosa firearms collections.
Item Date: 1830s
Measurement: 60 Caliber; Barrel: 8 3/8”; Overall: 15.5”
Material: Brass
Item Condition: A very fine example with an overall lovely golden aged patina on the brass; the eagle head is crisply detailed; mechanically excellent.
Literature: See Firearms Curiosa by Lewis Winant, pp 154 and 155.
Price: $10,400
SKU 308-730
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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