Identification of pistol

Hello friends,

I would appreciate your help in identification of the pistol. Thank you very much in advance!

i Can’t see your photos.

I am trying to publish them but unsuccessfully. I have no idea why.

Sir,
what you have is a non regulation copy of a British Indian army cavalry pistol.The rampet lion signifies Indian Army property. By the pistols crudeness it was absolutely not manufactured in any of the army arsenals.
I hope that this is of help to you.

-The Irish Mick
Arizona Territory

Once upon a time it was a functioning EIC made version of the New Land Pattern Cavalry Pistol originally introduced in 1796. It was copied by the Honorable "East India Company and was traded and sold throughout southern Asia. Somewhere along the way, yours has had it's swivel ramrod assembly removed and the front band attached with a screw. The lock markings have been restamped to fit in with someone's desires and obviously, lock parts are missing.

There was a naval version produced and copies wee made in Belgium for their use or sale. Later there were conversions to percussion as well as s pure percussion version that served until after the India Mutiny era. This is what it originally looked like.
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This is the later Pattern 1858 Cavalry Service Pistol (India Pattern)
http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/881369b06301b662feeedba07847ff3a24367df2_r.jpg

Thank you very much!

Thanks a lot!

Sorry Mindaugus, what you have is a crude copy of an EIC pistol. The East India Company weapons were manufactured in England and of a quality equal to, if not better than, British military arms.

Mindaugas said:

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Many firearms were made like this, from materials at hand & copied from whatever, by various native tribal "gunsmiths", most notably in the mountains of the various "stan's" (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, etc, etc).

Ditto, unfortunately

Yes, agree with the above. It is a crude copy likely made in Afghanistan. Sometimes loosely called a Kyber Pass gun. The marks on the barrel and lock are spurios, crude attempt to duplicate British East India Company marks. Some of these were made to shoot (although I wouldn't) and some were made for the tourist market.
Rick