This Kentucky pistol is stocked in black walnut, with a warm brown tone. This pistol is trimmed in brass Georgian style furniture that appears to be from the late William Kennedy. A few Colonial American makers produced pistols with Georgian style furniture, such as J.P. Beck from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The brass furniture has a hand burnished tone and nicely compliments the tone of the walnut stock. The octagon-to-round barrel and the small Siler flintlock are finished armory bright. The frizzen has only a few marks from spark testing, and the bright finish has a few scattered speckles from long storage.
The 10" octagon-round barrel has a 4" tapered octagon breech with a single wedding band to round. The .50 caliber bore is rifled with a fast twist for a patched round ball. The bore is bright and has been well maintained. The barrel is fitted with a flat top rear sight on the tang to maximize the sight radius and a silver blade front sight. Also finished bright, the small Siler flintlock has a crisp action and a well hardened frizzen. When using our best 5/8" knapped English gun flints, #FLINT-ENG-5, the lock will throw a shower of sparks into the pan. A stainless steel vent liner is well centered and positioned at the top edge of the pan to provide best ignition.
The walnut stock has a slender grip fitted with a grotesque mask buttcap. The upper grip is fitted with a chiseled brass thumbpiece with scrolls, shells, and flowers. Viewed from above the breech end of the barrel is fitted with a flared tang with a pointed thumbnail finial. The tang is surrounded by a panel of raised carving with a English influenced shell design. The stock is shaped with graceful slender proportions.The triggerguard is correctly mounted by one steel screw and dowel pins. The rear extension has been neatly inlet into the pistol grip. All of the brass furniture is finished to a hand burnished appearance. The buttcap is shaped with a grotesque mask mounted with a iron screw. The slender 5/16" diameter ramrod has a flared brass tip. We recommend using a pistol loading rod, our #PL-50, and leaving this well fitted ramrod with the pistol. Two lock bolts secure the small Siler flintlock to the pistol. The brass sideplate is burnished bright with a chiseled design with banners, scrolls, shells, and flower. The elaborate openwork design is patterned from a antique example, which was designed to show the skill of the inletting by the English gunmakers of the period.
Neatly fitted and finished this light weight Kentucky pistol with its' 18th century styling, will be a delight to carry at the an historical event. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.
