!!!!!PRICE REDUCED!!!!! Hans Bauer Antique All Steel Ball Butt Wheellock Pistol-2 !!!!!PRICE REDUCED!!!!!

!!!!!PRICE REDUCED!!!!!  This is an antique all steel wheellock pistol reportedly made by Hans Bauer of Munich, Germany circa 1575 – 1617.  3 7/8″ long overall with a 2 9/16″ part octagon part round barrel with a swelled cannon muzzle.  There is a belt hook on the left side.  The piece looks to be all there and fully functional.  The pan cover slides freely and the hammer rotates back & forth freely.  The wheel cover has three cut outs the center one shaped like a heart.  There is a rotating safety on the right side.  The ball butt has knurled rings at the center, and the juncture where it meets the frame.  The trigger extends through the triggerguard as is typical for antique miniature wheellock pistols as they were meant to shoot.  There is a steel ramrod under the barrel.  The bore is drilled through to the touch hole.  This piece shows great age in my opinion.  The metal is an even steel silver gray patina with some darkening on the right side around the wheel & hammer.  It shows signs of having been cleaned in years past & there is some even minor pitting on most surfaces.  Antique wheellock pistols are exceedingly rare and seldom seen or offered for sale.  I sold this exact pistol several years ago, & it is one of two I have ever seen, the other sold just recently.  Price Reduced:  $1,850.00.