Pistol Russian cavalry soldier sample 1898

Steel, wood, brass; forging, casting, carving, engraving. The barrel is steel, circular in cross-section, the bore with no rifling. On the breech the engraved number on the gun No. 273. Sights consist of brass front and rear sights. Lock, flintlock, French battery type. On a key-Board with the engraved inscription "Tula 1798" and the Tula stamp of acceptance, in the form of the letters "MP" (?) in the rectangle. Lock cylinders "G" — shaped holding cap screws and allows you to tightly squeeze the lock to the box, and the powder shelf to the trunk in the center of the seed holes. The trigger is steel, mounted on a key-Board with a single screw. Powder shelf steel. The trigger has a safety lock and cocked. Bed wooden handguard for the entire length of the barrel. In the lower part of the box reinforced wooden ramrod. The barrel is attached to the bed with the muzzle of the barrel-mounted brass ring. In the breech of the barrel is secured by a bolt the shank of the breech bolt with the trigger cylinders. Trigger guard is brass. The rear part of the trigger guard is fixed in the box with a screw. On the trigger guard, locking the Board and the breech of the punched stamp of military acceptance of the Tula factory. In the upper part of the handle is reinforced brass medallion with the monogram of Emperor Paul I. the pistol has a brass backplate with two "whiskers" on the sides. Powerful recoil pad allows you to use the gun after the shot as a cold weapon shock action shatters.

Item is in good collectible condition, corrosion on the lock and the barrel, scratches and small cracks on the tree.