Original British East India Company Howdah Flintlock Pistol- Circa 1819 Military Books & Documents with the bear inside the

with the bear inside the escutcheon

but for parade use the sling was attached to the front of the trigger guard and to a hook on the upper barrel band

these were widely used for survival gear such a compass

EDWARD MAYNARD

Original British East India Company Howdah Flintlock Pistol- Circa 1819 Military Books & Documents with the bear inside theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is very unusual, at first glance it appears to be the British East India Company Flintlock Dragoon Pistol, known as the "Baker Pattern" in use between 1819 and 1839. However, one swiftly notes that the pistol has a steel octagonal barrel which upon examination was once a rifled sporting gun barrel cut down with most of the rifling bored out so the smoothbore is now in . 75 caliber, the same as a musket and not