Item Description
Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a genuine Victorian era high quality English felted beaver fur top hat in its original leather carry case named to the original owner. The hat contains a secured inner compartment for tiny silver mounted single shot screw barrel percussion pocket pistol with fold away trigger. This pistol is marked on the one inch long octagonal barrel C. LANCASTER for the famous London gunsmith Charles Lancaster and dates to the early Victorian era. The pistol is concealed inside a custom recessed compartment and held securely in place by a wood latch then covered by a black velvet cushion which makes the inside upper of the hat appear to have a lining. When the cushion is in place the pistol is invisible.
The concept is shear genius. Just what one needed on a Victorian night out in the city. Nicely concealed when visiting friends but easy to access when encountering the Villains stalking the Streets of Victorian London!
- This product is available for international shipping.
- 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 1899 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.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe.
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