Original British East India Company Howdah Flintlock Pistol- Circa 1819 Military Books & Documents The pommel is mounted with

The pommel is mounted with a large silver circular plate engraved:

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Original British East India Company Howdah Flintlock Pistol- Circa 1819 Military Books & Documents The pommel is mounted withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is very unusual, at first glance it appears to be the British East India Company Flintlock Dragoon Pistol, known as the "Baker Pattern" in use between 1819 and 1839. However, one swiftly notes that the pistol has a steel octagonal barrel which upon examination was once a rifled sporting gun barrel cut down with most of the rifling bored out so the smoothbore is now in . 75 caliber, the same as a musket and not