A 16-Bore Flintlock Dublin Castle Light Dragoon Pistol. With plain barrel and tang, border engraved flat bevelled lock with ‘GR’ crowned and ‘DUBLIN CASTLE’ across the tail, figured full stock with apron around the barrel tang and stamped with ordnance storekeeper’s mark, with brass mounts including trigger guard engraved ‘X.V.K.L.D.’ over ‘C 5’ and with unusual early Land Service side plate, with brass tipped ramrod. 

A similar pistol was formerly in the collection of Dr. Robert E. Brooker Jr - photographed in B. Chisnal & G. Davies (2013) British Cavalry Carbines & Pistols of the Napoleonic Era, Maine Military, London. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 16 Bore

Barrel Length: 9 Inches (22.5 cm)

Overall Length: 15.5 Inches (39.5 cm