Original U.S. Kentucky Style Octagonal Barrel Percussion Pistol with Replaced Stock circa 1840 Royal Air Force History of the Eight Air

History of the Eight Air Force in WWII:

Army Transportation Corps was established 31 July 1942

and this carbine seems to have seen extensive use

There are six black finished magnetic buttons around the waist

lock is marked with an eagle and "US SPRINGFIELD”

Original U.S. Kentucky Style Octagonal Barrel Percussion Pistol with Replaced Stock circa 1840 Royal Air Force History of the Eight AirOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice "Kentucky" style percussion pistol, which has been attributed to the North Carolina area. This design was very popular throughout the United States Frontier during the 1830s and 1840s, and was based on the "Kentucky" or "Pennsylvania" style rifles of the time. Like most, this example has an octagonal barrel with a cylindrical cap bolster, and the lock is unmarked and minimally engraved. As