John Green
Gunsmith
Mallow
Co: Cork
Percussion Back Action Lock Overcoat Pistol c.1825
Back Action Lock with quick release lockplate screw. Wide rectangular section hammer with beautifully figured dolphin hammer.
Octagonal Barrel Top flat clearly engraved "Mallow".
Reverse side with single lockplate retaining screw.
John Green Main Street, Mallow c. 1824
Material courtesy of The Granary Library, Limerick.
John Green originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA.
Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.
Vol.11. No 1.
Our sincere thanks to The Lanes Armoury, Brighton for photography and permission to publish.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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