Original British 8 Bore Single Barrel Half Stocked Percussion Fowling Piece by Purdy - circa 1850 Japanese Military Maps the chamber is also marked

the chamber is also marked 1" which is the cartridge size

The Anti-Aircraft front and rear sight is an item we used to have many of

it is now often worn by civilians as an ordinary item of clothing

With the close of WW1 in 1918 the Cossacks tended to support the dethroned Tsar against the Bolshevik Communists

Original British 8 Bore Single Barrel Half Stocked Percussion Fowling Piece by Purdy - circa 1850 Japanese Military Maps the chamber is also markedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice British percussion single barrel 8 bore fowling piece or shotgun, in very nice condition. It features a lovely spiral forged barrel, which is almost octagonal at the breech, and marked LONDON on the top of the nocks form. There is also very nice "Starburst" engraved on the top about where the barrel wedge is. The gun is half stocked and has mostly steel mounts of butt plate, trigger guard,