Original Central European Heavily Decorated Flintlock Trade Pistol with Embossed Brass Mountings - Circa 1830 UZI now shortened

now shortened

The model also came as a short rifle

In 1839 the Percussion system was officially adopted and a vast conversion program was instituted to convert all Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets to this new ignition system

There is also maker mark F

This would probably put production at around 1872-73

Original Central European Heavily Decorated Flintlock Trade Pistol with Embossed Brass Mountings - Circa 1830 UZI now shortenedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful highly decorative flintlock trade pistol, most likely from what is now the Czech Republic, then known as Bohemia. It is heavily decorated throughout, with a carved stock, embossed brass mountings, engraved lock, and even an embossed and engraved barrel! This looks to definitely have been made for someone very well heeled, as the amount of work that went into this was not insignificant. The pistol