.56 caliber. 13" octagon to round barrel secured by two thin barrel straps. NSN. Bright finish, iron mountings, leather covered hardwood stock with ball butt and lanyard ring. Single shot smoothbore muzzleloading miquelet flintlock pistol made without sights and with a ball trigger. The form is typical of arms from the Circassian region of the Caucasus. The form of these pistols changed little and remained in use from the 1700s through the mid-19th century. {ANTIQUE}