.66 caliber. 10" pinned round barrel. NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. Single shot flintlock smoothbore muzzleloading pistol made without sights, with an iron belt hook on the reverse and with an old brass tipped wooden ramrod. 5.5" flat flint lock remains in original flint with matching mating marks on the interior. Lock with detachable fenced, rounded, angled and bridled brass pan, straight toed frizzen and rounded double throated cock. Lock marked with an "{Eagle} / U. STATES" under the pan and in three vertical lines at the tail "S. NORTH / BERLIN / CON." Barrel appears to have a weak mark on the top of the breech that may be a "WAA", but it is quite indistinct. Wood unmarked. 

These rare US Navy contract pistols were made by North circa 1808-1810 with only 3,000 produced. They are rarely encountered, particularly in original flint like this example and are an important example for any collection of 19th century US Navy small arms, for a US martial single shot pistol collection or for a War of 1812 collection. {ANTIQUE}

Good. Bore dark, rusted and pitted. Metal cleaned to bright with moderate amounts of scattered surface oxidation, surface roughness, some pitting and age discoloration. Brass with an untouched butterscotch patina. Markings on lock remain clear. Lock remains in original flint and is mechanically functional. Wood fair to good, well worn and with numerous repairs. A dowel reinforced repair is present in the grip, which was broken completely throughout. A section of wood is replaced at the upper rear of the lock mortise, with another smaller repair at the lower front of the mortise. A repaired crack on the reverse runs though the counterpane to the barrel channel an a narrow piece of wood is replaced along the upper reverse of the forend. Wood has been sanded and lightly refinished. Although the wood shows significant repairs, the damage may be why this pistol has survived in original flint, as the damage meant it was not worth altering to percussion. The repairs are well executed and the appearance is pleasing. Overall this is a great opportunity to obtain a rare War of 1812 US Navy contract pistol in original flint for a reasonable price.