Original U.S. Civil War Era M-1842 Cavalry Percussion Pistol by I.N. Johnson dated 1846/55 U.S. Ordnance It has a 21 1/2-inch

It has a 21 1/2-inch barrel

which was exceedingly hard to identify as a result of a heavy fall of snow

Full Brass Basket with brass wire-bound leather grip and vivid red wire reinforced basket liner

and the cylinder is 1 7/8 inches long

Original U.S. Civil War Era M-1842 Cavalry Percussion Pistol by I.N. Johnson dated 1846/55 U.S. Ordnance It has a 21 1/2-inchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This U. S. made single shot, smoothbore pistol is a very nice example of the Model 1842 percussion pistol, produced by Ira N. Johnson of Middletown, Connecticut. Ira Johnson received a contract from the U. S. Ordnance Dept in March 1851 to produce 10,000 M1842 pistols. Johnson was a partner in the firm of H. Aston & Co when he resigned to start his own company to manufacture single shot pistols. Johnson delivered