22-1056-G (Gray) BELGIAN FLINTLOCK PIRATE PISTOL Price: $33.00 THIS ITEM OUT OF STOCK (Availabilty Date Uncertain) Overall Length: 10.5" Weight: 1 lbs. These handsome collector model guns are made of antique finished zinc cast metal and polished European hardwood. The screw heads are molded into the metal and cannot be removed. These models cannot withstand misuse or excessive dry-firing. Cannot be made to fire real ammunition.

Unlike the rifle, pistols seemed to be a pirate's best friend. In most pictures of pirates, it is clear that a number of pistols were carried by each pirate. In most pictures of BlackBeard, at least a half dozen pistols, assumed loaded and ready, can be seen in his sash.

The pistol of the day was a flintlock mechanism exactly like the rifles, and a single shot was also loaded via the barrel.

The distinctive, widely flared muzzle of the blunderbuss was designed to scatter shot at close range, making it popular as a weapon for boarding parties and personal defense. The butt had a rounded and sometimes metal base (known as a skull crusher butt cap) so the pistol could be used as a club once fired. Issued either singularly or in pairs, the sea pistol had an effective range of only 3 or 4 yards. It would be fired and then thrown away to hopefully be retrieved after the fight.

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This 18th Century pistol measures 10.5" with wood stock & steel finish.