A Very Good Percussion Target Pistol by T. Horsley.
A Very Good Percussion Target Pistol by Horsley of York. With sighted re-browned barrel, engraved ‘HORSLEY YORK’ along the top-flat, with foliate engraved breech with single platinum line, border engraved tang decorated with scrolling foliage, border engraved lock, signed ‘HORSLEY’ and decorated with scrolling foliage and fitted with sliding safety catch, cockpit decorated en suite, half-stocked in walnut, cut with chequering at the grip, vacant rectangular escutcheon, engraved steel mounts comprising foliate engraved butt-cap, barrel bolt escutcheon and fore-end cap, engraved spurred trigger guard with pineapple finial retaining most original finish.
Horsley, Thomas [1834-1880]
Shop at York. Made box-lock percussion pocket pistols and double barrel pin-fire shotguns. Also made metallic cartridge .577 calibre breech loading saddle pistols for big-game hunting.
A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York.
Dimensions:
Bore: 32 Bore
Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)
Overall Length: 15.5 Inches (39.40 cm)
£1,595.00
1 in stock
