Original British East India Company Model 1843 Percussion Cavalry Horse Pistol - Cleaned & Complete Technical Handbooks & Manuals Nepal after 100+ years in

Nepal after 100+ years in storage

It was a single shot

fitted through the bayonet stud

derived from the Villar Perosa light machine gun of World War I

wearing eyeglasses with red lenses would not have worked because too much white light could pass around the lenses

Original British East India Company Model 1843 Percussion Cavalry Horse Pistol - Cleaned & Complete Technical Handbooks & Manuals Nepal after 100+ years inOriginal Item: Fewer than a dozen available. These are standard British EIC Cavalry Pistols adopted in 1843 fitted with is known as the new series side lock". This pistol replaced the Model of 1840 that had the "old series side lock" which appeared (but wasnt) to have been constructed from flintlock parts. This pattern 1843 became the principal handgun of the East India Company up until it was taken over by the British home Government in 1859. IMA has