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256 A RARE 34 BORE SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK BELT PISTOL, CIRCA 1645 with tapering octagonal barrel retained by a slender pierced iron band, flat patilla lock fitted with external mainspring, steel with screw-in fluted inner face, the cock bridle and steel bridle each with scalloped mouldings, full stock carved with three characteristic notches on the left of the breech, applied with pierced symmetrical iron panels beneath the lock, behind the tang and over the fore-end, the latter incorporating a sprung clip engaging the barrel band, the pommel fitted with iron cap, moulded around its circumference and with a pierced basal cap en suite, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with writhen rear terminal and long plain belt hook (later ramrod) 15.5 cm; 6 ⅛ in barrel Literature James D. Lavin, A History of Spanish Firearms, 1965, p. 252. The iron mounts are patterned after contemporary arms of Brescia, see Lavin, op. cit.. ‡ £2500-3000
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