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Start Over Object class Handguns (small arms) Function 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Handgun, accession number 2-71391, described as Double-barreled snub-nosed box lock percussion handgun. Unknown manufacturer.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214061, described as Breech loading pistol, single shot. Grips missing, and grip straps and trigger guard bent. Caliber .22. Uncertain origin, possibly American. top-break action with breech lever on left side. False hammer on right for cocking. Heavily corroded.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 2-36917a-i, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 7-1605, described as Pistol, flintlock; caliber about 17.5mm.(.69'') smoothbore. Marked "ON" on lockplate. Underside of barrel marked with Liege (Belgium) proof marks. Fitted with a lanyard loop. Flint still intact. Uncertain age; this could be an "original" military pistol or it could be a much more replica.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214059, described as Pepperbox pistol, percussion, complete except for grips. Allen Pepperbox, marked "Allen's Patent" on left side of hammer. 6 shot, Caliber .31. Self-cocking, bar hammer, round ribbed barrels. Non-functional, heavily corroded.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214062, described as Muzzle loading pistol, barrels only. Percussion. Uncertain origin, probably American or English.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 10-2951a,b, described as a) Smith and Wesson double action (...) pistol; b) brown worn leather case
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 10-2952, described as [...] single action 44 pistol; monogram "O-H
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 2-2738, described as Pistol, muzzle loading, percussion. Lindsay’s “Young America”, Cal. .45 smoothbore. 81/4 part octagonal, part round barrel. 12” overall. Marked “Lindsay’s Young America patented Oct. 9 1860”. Superimposed charges ignited by action of two hammers. Extremely rare. Tested and declined by the United States Army during the Civil War. However, the Army accepted rifles of similar design from Lindsay.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 7-1604, described as pistol, flintlock; caliber about 17.5mm. smoothbore. Marked on the lockplate with what appears to be Persian letters. Fitted with a lanyard loop on its butt, typical of many military issue pistols. Uncertain manufacture, but almost certainly Belgian, as this gun is otherwise identical to 7-1605.

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