Manufactured from 1836 to 1844 with a total production of about 41,000. Marked "eagle head / A. WATERS & Co / MILBURY. MS. / 1838" on the lock plate in front of the hammer, "U.S. / JH / P" on the barrel opposite the flash pan. There are two faint cartouches on the left stock flat. It has a replacement blade front sight and dished oval shaped rear sight on the barrel tang. The ramrod is the steel swivel type with a button shaped head. The barrel band has a strap extension which joins the side plate and the backstrap is integral with the buttplate and extends up the back to the tang. The lock plate, hammer and frizzen were casehardened, blue trigger and frizzen spring and all other iron parts bright. This was the last U.S. martial pistol produced in flintlock.

Good. The metal parts have a gray patina with some overall scattered minor pitting. The stock is fair with a large chip and a splintered crack at the rear of the lock, a small minor crack ahead of the lock and behind the left side plate, and a few scattered dents and dings. The markings are clear. The action is good.