Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is the standard British Long Sea Service Flintlock Pistols in service from the 1750s up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. However THIS is only one of two known existing examples that were specially produced as a "waterproof" model.
Intended for use by Naval Boarding Parties when covertly attempting to board an enemy Man-O-War from a long boat and for use in heavy swells or bad weather, the entire flintlock ignition system is housed in a steel hinged box compartment to protect the powder from getting wet. "Keeping your powder dry" was the first rule in Naval Warfare of the day.
Only in the Military Museum in Valletta, Malta, the island in the Mediterranean Sea is there another of these very rare Sea Service pistols on display.
This is an exceedingly rare specialist British weapon used in the days of sail, wind and rough weather, totally original and ready to be a highlight of any museum grade collection.
- This product is available for international shipping.
- Not available for sale in New Jersey, ships from IMA’s Easton, Pennsylvania location. IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1898 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world. These antique guns are not sold in live condition. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
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