Original French Service Worn Mle 1822 Rifled Percussion Pistol made at Tulle Naval Arsenal Hotchkiss .303 The bayonet comes complete with

The bayonet comes complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard

leaving only a small portion still attached to the wooden stabilizer

A lovely reminder of how British citizens banded together to survive AH’s Blitz during some of the darkest times of the war

and some of these were purchased from US companies

had several official patterns

Original French Service Worn Mle 1822 Rifled Percussion Pistol made at Tulle Naval Arsenal Hotchkiss .303 The bayonet comes complete withOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice "service worn" example of a French Modle 1822 Rifled Percussion pistol, which definitely looks to have seen sea service during its life. Despite this being the Model of 1822 and being marked very faintly with Mle 1822 on the barrel tang, this particular pistol was not produced as a flintlock and then converted. The French retained the same model number for the pistol even after they were