Original U.S. 19th Century Allen's 1845 Patent Single Shot Percussion Pocket Pistol Magazines bore is fair (5) with

bore is fair (5) with little play in the barrel/frame connection

anti-tank and personnel mines

this trickle of acquisition soon turned into a torrent

After 23 years of constant production

The markings on the tang are have been translated using Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory's list in Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945

Original U.S. 19th Century Allen's 1845 Patent Single Shot Percussion Pocket Pistol Magazines bore is fair (5) withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely early percussion pocket pistol, made in the 1840's for the U. S. Market by Ethan Allen of Massachusetts (1808 1871). Allen developed his Gun business by taking his brother in law Charles Thuber as his partner, and they moved the plant to Worcester, Mass. Ethan Allen, no relation to the Revolutionary Ethan Allen, applied for various patents, most notably early on for a "TUBE HAMMER" ignition system in