Manufactured from 1836 to 1844 with a total production of about 41,000. Marked "eagle head A. H. WATERS & Co / MILBURY. MASS. / 1844" on the lock plate in front of the hammer, "U.S. / JH / P" on the barrel opposite the flash pan and a small "H" on the left rear barrel flat. The is also a small "H" on some parts. There is an oval "JJC" and boxed "WAT" cartouche on the left side stock flat,. It has a brass 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. These pistols were standard issue during the Mexican War and continued to see extensive use during the Civil War, many converted to percussion in the 1850s.

Very good. The barrel has a dull silver gray patina, while the remaining surfaces have been polished bright, with some scattered minor pitting. The stock is good as lightly sanded and refinished with a couple of minor cracks ahead and behind the lock and overall some minor dents and dings. The cartouches are legible. The markings are clear. The action is fine.