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1800's Belgian Parlor Pistol

For sale/trade is a Belgian Parlor Pistol from the 1800's. It has been looked at by a proffesional and he has confirmed that it is most likely Belgian. There are no markings except 2 notches carved on the under side of the barrel. The very tip of the hammer was broken off a long time ago. Send me an offer! Willing to ship.

Parlor pistols and rifles (zimmerschutzen from German, "room marksman" or "room shoot") were popularized in the mid to late 19th Century, particularly in the Germanic countries, as a way to entertain guests, have family fun, and to increase one's shooting skills. Generally heavy barreled and often elaborately engraved rifles (zimmerbusche) were produced for clearly upscale clients. These generally used a Flobert (CB-Cap) cartridge chambered a few inches from the muzzle. Sometimes equally elaborate parlor pistols (zimmerpistole) were chambered for Flobert cartridges or simply used a percussion cap. In this country, a small, almost toylike parlor pistol was briefly manufactured by Remington in 1860.

Call or (preferably) Text- (5 one 7) five 8 1-3 four two 8

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