Officers(?) Pistol, by Fletcher

[Dave Wallis]

Bought this long Officers type pistol a couple of weeks back. Percussion conversion at sometime. Barrel is 12" long, with a .65 bore. I reckon a date of c.1780, what do you gentleman think?

 

[TDM]

I think I'd very much like to have it! Very nice.

 

[2 shots]

trade gun? i would think an officers pistol would be fancier or a least have a side plate , butt cap , ect. just a free 2 cents.. make it 4 cents for inflation

 

[user 48679]

Anyone who commits highway robbery ought to have a highway robber's gun...........

 

[tenngun]

What do you designate as “officers’ about the gun.
Officers were not always rich and didn’t always have ‘too of the line’ guns, is there a military history to this gun? Was it owned by an officer?
What ever it’s history it’s a cutie

 

[Dave Wallis]

What do you designate as “officers’ about the gun.
Officers were not always rich and didn’t always have ‘too of the line’ guns, is there a military history to this gun? Was it owned by an officer?
What ever it’s history it’s a cutie

I'm refering to this gun as a possible 'Officers' pistol, because of the large size of the bore (.65), allowing the use of Military issue ammunition, something that Officers pistols were designed to utilise.