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Old 17th June 2017, 06:33 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by rickystl
It's also light enough to be held in one hand like a normal pistol. I don't really see any advantage to this design over a typical horse pistol. k
Do not forget that these barrels normally have been loaded with a good handful of buckshot and the appropriate amount of powder. So I think that it was'nt that easy to held the knee pistol in one hand. The recoil was certainly remarkable, so the knee, better the thigh or the saddle would have been the most useful part of the body to rest the stock against.
A knee pistol of my collection in a condition rarely found.
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