Original Italian Flintlock Long Pistol with Silver Inlaid Barrel by Rossi MILITARIA one acting as the loader

one acting as the loader and carrying five ready-use rockets on a special backpack frame

the machined attachment bases for both front and rear sights were converted from the original luminous sights of World War 1 to the nonluminous sights of World War 2

ready to display or use

a small quantity was found

For years the unmarked Sharps we found in Kathmandu

Original Italian Flintlock Long Pistol with Silver Inlaid Barrel by Rossi MILITARIA one acting as the loaderOriginal Item: Only One Available. A lovely elegant Italian Flintlock Pistol that could date from the last years of the 17th century with very early characteristics such as no frizzen reinforcement on the powder pan and having the tang screw rising from the trigger plate into the threaded barrel tang. Other notable features include; a most attractive decorated brass mounts and bone tipped ramrod. The lock boldly marked ROSSI and the 14. 5 inch barrel