John Green: Gunsmith.

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