GENUINE Antique Queen Anne Style FLINTLOCK PISTOL By Jonathan HIRST, London Circa 1760-1805

Jonathan HIRST Flintlock HANDGUN Queen Anne Style Cannon-Barrelled PISTOL

Manufactured in the later portion of the 18th century, by the greatly famed gun maker Jonathan Hirst of London (Most of Britain's BEST gun makers operated out of London)

Hirst was located at Tower Hill, London and worked from 1760 until 1805, so all the guns he made will have been Flintlocks

This is a "Queen Anne" style Flintlock, these pistols usually featured "Twist-Off Barrels"

Unscrewing of "Twist-Off barrels, allowing access to the rear of barrel, which allow these pistols to be loaded from the breech!

The advantages of a breech loading weapon include speed of loading, & the ability to load an oversize ball inside a rifled barrel

They also did not require a ram-rod

The shooter could load a ball that would otherwise not fit through the muzzle, at least not easily

A tighter ball, inside a rifled barrel, meant far improved accuracy as the soft lead ball would "grip" the internal rifling grooves causing the ball to spin faster & fly straighter

Breech-loading weapons of the late 18th century were intended for marksmen

This antique blackpowder pistol as a VERY STRONG ACTION and holds perfectly on both 1/2 & Full Cock

EXCELLENT Full Working order

NO FIREARMS LICENCE is required to bid, or own this antique flintlock pistol

It does NOT need to be locked-away, hidden in a Gun Safe and may be legally left on permenant display in your collection, museum, or Man Cave

However, if you do not possess a current FAL? Then it must remain in your home, taking it out of your curtilage without a firearms licence would be a serious offence

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