FRANCE, fin du XVIIIème siècle Manufacture de SAINT ETIENNE Flintlock cavalry pistol, modified percussion, model 1777. Bronze case, signed "St Etienne". Round barrel, then sideways to thunder, dated "82". Cal. 17 mm. Walnut stock, trace of date 17?3 and deeply and later engraved "P.R." on the left face. Iron ramrod. Barrel length: 19.1 cm - Overall length: 33. 5cm. A few chips and cracks to the barrel; scratches and bumps; iron parts formerly corroded and partially repolished; soft spring, to be reviewed.