Record ID: IOW-C1B3FE
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast iron hammer for a flintlock pistol, c.AD 1650-1850. This item is an incomplete cast iron hammer for a flintlock pistol. The head of the hammer is missing, having broken off in the past. This item has a circular aperture at the base of the hammer where it would have attached to the pistol.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D487F7
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy handle fragment, possibly from a post-medieval or modern pistol or other weapon. Cast plano-convex section straight-sided tapered object fragment with deeply cross-cut decoration producing a pattern or rhomboids across its surface, broken at either end, perhaps across a fixing point at the wider end. Now slightly curved, though whether this is an original feature is unclear. The patterning might be apt to a function as a side plate for a grip handle from which this piece has become detached. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 38.8mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thic…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A1D863
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, kindly identified as part of a pistol or musket of English manufacture by Kevin Leahy. Kevin comments as follows: 'I think I know what this is: the long lug with a pin through it is typical of the way that English guns were fixed together and I think that what you've got is a bit of trigger guard from a flintlock or percussion gun'. Cast curved plate with U-shaped ends, one broader than the other, and with a long U-shaped lug projecting from its concave side. The lug has a filled drilled hole of diameter c.2mm, suggesting the object pivoted when in use. A fur…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanby le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C27D3
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy top jaw screw from a Post Medieval copper-alloy flintlock pistol. The screw consists of a spherical head, with a single circular slot in one side. Beneath this is a horizontal collar, before it continues down with a short section with a square cross section. The lower part has a circular cross section and a left hand screw thread. The screw was used to hold the flint in place. It measures 37.3 mm in length, max diameter of 9.8 mm and it weighs 4.5 g. A similar top jaw screw was recorded as SUR-1165B5 and is of Post medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1800).
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2017
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Record ID: SUR-1165B5
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The top jaw screw from a Post Medieval copper-alloy flintlock pistol. The screw was used to hold the flint in place.
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Sunday 8th January 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4A683C
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: MODERN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Modern wood and ferrous pistol of 19th century date The pistol was of percussion type with folding trigger and is complete (with an overall length of 160mm and a weight of 241.2g). The pistol was made by Freeman of London and is of 12mm (0.5 inch) calibre. The barrel is ferrous (with a length of 58mm and an external diameter of 18 - 19mm). The stock has incised geometric decoration around a diagonal oval containing the maker's name. The wooden handle is rectangular sectioned and has a rounded butt. The underside of the stock also has incised floral decoration. The trigger is curren…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Record ID: LON-B964B2
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy flint-lock pistol barrel, dating to the 18th century. The barrel is cylindrical, faceted at one end to form three panels on the top. The barrel tapers from the faceted end to the centre and flares to the muzzle. There is part of the iron firing mechanism still connected to the barrel at the faceted end. The mechanism is rectangular with a broken rectangular projection at the top and a semi-circular indentation below. The edges of this iron mechanism are worn, showing a laminated texture beneath. At the muzzle end of the barrel are two projections, an oval …
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: LANCUM-053DB4
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount, possibly a side plate from a flintlock mechanism from a post medieval pistol. It may also be a sliding cover for an aperture of some sort. Possibly dating to between c1600 and c1900 AD. The length is 22mm, width 16mm, thickness 6mm, plate thickness 3mm, and the weight 6.76.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-2FCF08
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount from the butt of a pistol of 18th century date. The mount has a grotesque face on its lower edge. The butt is pierced by a rivet hole around which are radiating ridges.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
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Record ID: DEV-73E456
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a post-medieval pistol. No further details recorded.
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA0041
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified Post Medieval object. It consists of a dome which is pointed oval in plan. The dome is hollow and at one end is extends into a bar of rectangular section which bends back beneath the dome and terminates in a bifurcated break, perhaps where the was originally a hole or a slot. There is a narrow raised line round the edge of the dome and along the edge of the bar, but it fades out at the bend. The border is not interrupted at the other end of the domed area, indicating that there was never a matching bar there. There is a large circular hole in the apex of the dome. The …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th December 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A22CE4
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Steel and stone. Revolver. A small 'hand-bag-sized' revolver with a polished stone handle of two plano-convex plates secured by flat copper alloy rivets. Probably of 6mm or 0.22 inch calibre with a six shot revolving magazine. Suggested date: Modern, 1930-1960. Corroded. This object was kindly recorded by Cameron Brown. Length: 105mm, Width: 69mm, Thickness (handle, at butt): 21.3mm, Weight: 149.78gms.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-0100F4
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast brass trigger guard bow from a pistol, incised with a single central six-petalled flower within a linear border. Both ends of the guard bow have broken off, so that the original length is unknown, but one attachment bar would have been connected to the trigger mechanism, and the other, extended bar would have been screwed on to the stock. The style of the decoration of this guard, and the fact that it is made out of brass and not sheet steel, suggests that it probably dates from the 18th century, looking at various publications and websites. The associated brass ring a…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th June 2010
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Record ID: CPAT-613E27
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval trigger guard, most likely from a pistol, based on the size. Having put in a query to Peter G Smithurst, Senior Curator, Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, I received the following informative detail - "the chances are it was privately owned, or perhaps part of some local militia armoury who had weapons made to their own specifications rather than following strict military designs. The fact that it appears to be brass makes it more likely to be militia than civilian since most civilia…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2CCB62
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast brass frizzen from a flintlock pistol. This was probably from a military-type pistol with iron barrel and brass furniture. The corroded remains of the iron attachments, probably the screw, have formed a skin on the back of the clamp. The clearance hole for the bolt was used to attach the frizzen to the barrel. The frizzen is part of the hammer, but the hammer section is missing, and would have projected from the broken edge at right angles to the existing piece. The hammer was used to strike the flint which was held in a clamp opposite to the hammer above the barrel of…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-8ADF85
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy post medieval flintlock pistol. This pistol is identical to another one recorded on the PAS database in Norfolk, record number: NMS-0238F3. These pistols were meant to be fired. It is possible that this pistol is simply a toy but it could have been a small pistol that ladies would carry on their person to protect themselves from would-be attackers. The barrel is hexagonal. The interior of the barrel is circular; approximately 8.8mm x 9mm bore. Some iron corrosion obscures the detail of how the firing mechanism was housed. A rectangular open block has …
Created on: Friday 21st April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfriston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0238F3
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Part of flintlock pistol, dented hexagonal copper alloy barrel with oval bore (9 x 10mm), iron corrosion obscures details on housing for mechanism with integral curved projection broken across rivet-hole for attachment to stock, length >14mm. Probably 18th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockering', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW-F1CC67
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative cast copper alloy handle mount from the butt end of a flintlock pistol dating to the 18th or early 19th century. This is a mount to fit over the bottom and front of the wooden handle of a flintlock pistol. The mount is simply decorated with a concentric series of four mouldings on the butt end. The base of the gently curving projecting arm has a scallop design either side of a double linear moulding with fades or has been worn away near the top of the arm. The mount has broken at apex of the arm, just before the mount thins, where it would have developed into the trigger gua…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL1425
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Remains of a percussion type pistol, appears to be a multiple barrel 'pepperpot' revolver although the barrel assembly is missing.
Created on: Friday 30th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DERBYSHIRE CHELMORTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC372
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Heavily gilded and moulded trigger attachment in form of ball on top of pyramid from flintlock type pistol
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.