Box With A Pair Of Model 1833 Officer Pistols. Shooting Prize. Copy Of Cottaz.

Necessary case containing a pair of officers' pistols Model 1833.
Shooting prize. COTTAZ copy.
France XIXth 
Steel, wood, brass
Overall length: 36cm - Barrel length: 20.3 cm - Cal: 15mm

Octagonal barrel, rifled, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, damascus finish.
Case-hardened steel breech.
Back plate signed Manufr. de Châtellerault, case-hardened finish. Percussion hammer. 
Finger rest trigger guard. Blued trigger tail. Steel ramrod with brass tip.
Short shank, finely checkered walnut frame. Clamshell cap with accessory. Rings on rotating pitons.
All fittings in case-hardened steel.
Mahogany case (44x31), lined with leather and green felt, with original accessories. Lock with key.

This is the case referenced at number 254, in the book: L'arme à feu portative Française by Maurice COTTAZ, published by Morancé-Paris, 1971.

Very good condition.

Code: 3138

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON 

According to article L311-2 of the French Code de la sécurité intérieure, this collector's firearm is classified as a category D collector's weapon. It is free to acquire and hold. We remind you that their sale is forbidden to minors.