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Lot 381
MOORE TEAT FIRE S.A. POCKET PISTOL
Sold
AU$900
Starting Bid: AU$900
Est.
AU$1,200 - AU$1,400
Live Auction
4th and 5th May 2024, Australian Fine Arms Auction
Live bidding began May 4, 2024 at 10 AM AEST
Description
MOORE TEAT FIRE S.A. POCKET PISTOL: 32 cal teat-fire; 6 shot front loading cylinder; 3 1/4” 82m/m barrel with f. bore, caked with oxidation, rifling sharply defined, will clean; 80% silver plating to barrel, cylinder & brass frame; well-defined scroll engraving to frame; MOORE'S PAT FIRE ARMS CO. BROOKLYN N.Y. marked to top of barrel, D. WILLIAMSON'S PATENT / JAN.5. 1864 stamped around edge of cylinder; action functional, cylinder indexing correctly; smooth walnut grip panels retaining 60% varnish finish; overall in g. wo & cond. #11172 pre 1900 L/R Would grade up with a barrel clean