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SDC · November 25, 2011, 08:20 PM

It looks to be a British New Land Pattern Cavalry pistol, as used by the British East India Company during the mid-1800s; these were usually marked with a standing lion on the lockplate, though, so this one may be an Indian copy. Can you get any close-up pictures of the lockplate?

November 25, 2011, 08:20 PM	#2
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	It looks to be a British New Land Pattern Cavalry pistol, as used by the British East India Company during the mid-1800s; these were usually marked with a standing lion on the lockplate, though, so this one may be an Indian copy. Can you get any close-up pictures of the lockplate? __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.