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Originally Posted by corrado26
There have been two different versions of this pistol, the first version has iron mounts, the second has brass mounts. See Calvo, lamina 6, aparejos: En hierro!
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Udo, can you tell where you got this 'lamina 6' image. I am reading Calvó's publication ARMAMIEMTO ESPAÑOL EN LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPEDENCIA and viewing his website CATALOGACION DE ARMAS and i can't find it.
It looks like the 1789 model is more the lock style than the pistol; there are countless pistols, even muskets, made around 1800, with little variations, some 'commercial' (comissionados), other munitions, and the 1789 name is given to the lock. Also called a la Española, with two variants, one original and the other (Placencia and Catalunia ?). Your example has a decorated ('fluted') pan that i don't see in others; maybe this is an officer commission.
Udo, i would like to know if the inscription on the barrel does include the
ESPS in the end.