Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Japanese Ordnance and the date 1870

and the date 1870

The barrel has a good bore with strong lands and grooves

The Chicamacomico Coast Guard Station conducts a Lyle gun drill on a regular basis for the public

An incredible find that will not be repeated

These are P-1864 Snider Breech Block Locking Pins

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Japanese Ordnance and the date 1870Original Item: Only One Available. These were often referred to as Miquelet "Rat Tail" Pistols because of the shape of the stock. These were the traditional muzzle loading pistol of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. Designed to be worn in a sash around one's waist the weapon is very streamlined in appearance. The wood stock is profusely decorated with embossings of fabulously worked Silver, which could possibly be cast pieces which