4431 GOOD REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD PAIR OF WOGDON

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Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,500.00 USD
Estimated at 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
DUELLING/HOLSTER PISTOLS. Cal. 59. S# NSN. Robert Wogdon specialized in making duelling pistols. His production spans from the early 1770's until 1803. His name became synonymous with duelling and these confrontations gained the name of "Wogdon Affairs". George Washington owned a pair of Wogdon pistols and Wogdons were also used in the Burr-Hamilton duell. Although called duelling pistols it is most probable that this type of weapon was given daily use by anyone who needed to travel by horseback and the pistols were removed from their case in the morning and placed in saddle holsters throughout the day. These standard grade pistols date from around 1775 with their 10" swamped octagon barrels engraved "Wogdon LONDON" on top flat. Touch holes are gold lined. Breech irons which are nicely engraved have integral rear sights. Flint locks with chamfered plates and rebated tails are fitted with serpentine cocks, back sliding safetys, integral rounded pans, bridled friction frizzins and feather springs with bulbous finials. "Wogdon" is engraved under pans. Trigger plates are fitted with set triggers. Trigger guards with double beaded bows have large acorn finials in use throughout the 1770's. Stocks made of root juncture European walnut with some fiddle figure extend to muzzles and have flat side bag grips. Grip caps are steel. Light engraving is found on trigger guard bow and grip caps. Stocks attach to barrels with two captive sidebolts without escutcheons. One greenheart ramrod has brass tip; the other horn. These pistols were made before Wogdon provided his famous loading attachment on tails. CONDITION: good. Barrels show old cleaning to gray and scattered overall pitting. Locks are also smooth gray brown. Furniture condition matches barrels. Stocks retain old, possibly original, finish and show considerable wear. Both stocks are sound showing a few minor cracks, most notably lower left of one side of pistol from trigger guard to attachment pin. Bores are good; lightly pitted. Locks are fine; complete without any noted repairs. Main spring on one pistol is quite weak. This lock also does not have a half cock notch. (01-26469/MGM). ANTIQUE. $5,000-7,000.