***New In***c1830 Good Quality London Proofed (.65") Smooth Bore Percussion Pistol by 'Clough of Bath'.
c1830 Good Quality London Proofed (.65") Smooth Bore Percussion Pistol by 'Clough of Bath'.
A good quality London proofed .65" smooth bore percussion pistol by 'Clough of Bath', with back action lock and break off breech. Border and scroll engraved back action lock are signed 'CLOUGH, BATH' with scroll engraved 'Dolphin Head' hammer. Walnut stock with chequered bag grip has steel furniture including an engraved trigger guard with pineapple finial to the front and swivel rammer with engraved circular head to the underside of the barrel. Single rammer pipe to the throat of the channel and long trigger guard tang. Single side nail to retain the lock plate to the left side and barrel key to the fore end. Vacant white metal escutcheon to the rear of the scroll engraved, bolt retained, break off breech. Heavy octagonal Damascus Twist browned smooth bore barrel has white metal band to the break off breech, stud foresight to the muzzle and standing windage draftable V notch rear sight. The top flat signed 'CLOUGH BATH' with London Victorian Commercial proof marks stuck to the lower flat below the wood at the breech end. A good quality London proofed gentleman's traveling, or officers pistol these large bore weapons were very effective over short ranges and were widely carried for self-defence in the mid 1800's by travellers as protection against theives and robbers. John Clough of 29 Southgate St. Bath - he was the second generation of gunsmiths, the business having been set up by his father George in 1815. The firm became Clough and Son in 1855. A very nice London proofed pistol by a good provincial retailer in very good condition with good bore and mechanics, a nice sharp well chequered stock and much brown finish to the barrel. Clough and Sons, G. (1820-1860) made cased pairs of percussion travelling pistols and percussion revolvers. Shop in Bath, Somerset (Carey, 1954 (English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers)). Antique and obsolete calibre and legal to own as a collectable in the UK without a license.
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