An Indian trade pistol from around 1800 in .65 caliber with a 14.5-inch barrel, both lock and barrel marked Penzetter. The lock is the banana shape seen on earlier guns, and the side plate is the serpentine pattern normally found on trade muskets, which is what makes a pistol like this unusual: few trade pistols were built in this form. The metal has a mottled gray-to-brown patina with some pitting.

The supplier lists the faults plainly. The stock has been shortened along the underside of the barrel, the trigger guard is broken at the base tang and the escutcheon is missing from the top of the wrist. Nothing has been restored or touched. For a Delaware collector of frontier and trade-era arms this is an as-found example worth having for its serpentine furniture and Penzetter marks, and it is sold used in exactly the condition described. Delaware handles the transfer as a handgun sale, so the buyer must be 21 or older.

Key features

• .65 caliber, 14.5-inch barrel
• Lock and barrel marked Penzetter
• Serpentine side plate, banana-shaped lock
• Stock shortened, trigger guard broken at base
• Untouched, no restoration

Delivery is to a licensed Delaware dealer you name, who completes photo identification, Form 4473 and the background check with you.