The 10.25-inch barrels have a broad center rib to allow the folding rear leaf sight and a ramped silver dot front sight. The Pedersoli Howdah has a handsomely hand checkered splinter forend and hand checkered pistol grip with spur, a color casehardened receiver and tang, high polish blued barrels, triggerguard, trigger, lever, and checkered sliding manual safety. The silver welded barrels use a monoblock with two lugs, and a horizontal wedge inserted on the frame that fits inside the lugs when the action is closed.
The Pedersoli’s hammerless integrated boxlock action is based on the Anson and Deeley design developed in 1875 for the Westley-Richards Company. 45/410 has rifled barrels and is thus not subject to NFA restrictions it is actually more akin to the late 19 th century Howdah pistols made famous by Holland & Holland and James Purdey & Sons, Ltd., among others. like the Pedersoli.Īs a defensive weapon for person protection in close quarters, the Howdah pistol fulfills the same role in the 21st century it served nearly a century ago. although other gauges were produced, including approximately 20 in. The vast majority of original smoothbore Ithaca models were chambered in 20 ga. Another change is the addition of a folding rear leaf sight to allow better accuracy with. It was also decided to offer both traditional double triggers or an optional (special order) non-selective trigger for the Pedersoli, firing the barrels sequentially right and left.
The Pedersoli also uses a sliding thumb operated safety and break-open lever like a shotgun, but the pistol has a slightly longer wrist than the original Ithaca, thus increasing the length of reach to the trigger. The grip shape is nearly identical to the early Ithaca models, including the integrated spur to stabilize the gun in the hand during recoil, a design seen on many European Howdah pistols. The most important difference is that the Pedersoli has rifled barrels and is chambered for 3-inch. The design is based on the 10-inch barrel length Flues Model of the break-open, double barrel pistol introduced by Ithaca in 1922 and manufactured through 1925. The optional single, non-selective trigger on the test gun had a light 4.2 pound average pull. 45/.410 has the heft and balance to handle modern high velocity personal defense rounds. With an overall length of 17 inches, the Pedersoli Howdah.
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