Model 1807/1808 Navy Pistol
date: label: date made
content: ca 1808
name: label: maker
content: Guest, John
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description:
label: Description
content: This .54 caliber smoothbore flintlock Navy Pistol was made for the U.S. government by an unknown maker around 1807. The barrel is pin fastened and it has an iron belt hook on the sideplate, brass mountings, and a wooden ramrod.
label: Description
content: The lockplate is stamped “DREPERT” and has a federal “US” stamp at the rear. There is also a raised “P” stamped in the oval proofmark.
label: Description
content: History:
label: Description
content: Although the maker of this pistol is unknown, its lock is stamped “DREPERT” and the hammer is marked “US.”
label: Description
content: The pistol probably was made under U.S. contract. The belt hook on the pistol signifies that it is a ship’s pistol. Several other traits denote the pistol’s Navy usage. The “US” stamp on the lockplate also represents a U.S. contract. It is most likely that Drepert was commissioned to make this type of pistol for the Navy.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Flayderman, Norm. Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms…and their Values, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2007. 9th edition.
label: Description
content: Smith, Samuel E. and Edwin W. Bitter. Historic Pistols: The American Martial Flintlock 1760-1845, Scalamandre Publications, New York: 1986, p.212
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: The Bitter Collection of Firearms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Adriana and Edwin W. Bitter Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0785.25
label: accession number
content: 1982.0785
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0785.25
label: collector/donor number
content: P150D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pistol
label: Object Name
content: pistol, flintlock
label: Other Terms
content: pistol; Firearms; Navy; Flintlock; .56 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/4 in; 41.275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 16 1/2 in x 6 in; 5.3975 cm x 41.91 cm x 15.24 cm