Trombone pistol with brass barrel and lockplate

corrado26 · 29th January 2019, 06:19 PM

This type of pistol with its large muzzle has had certainly nothing to do with the Esat India Company. Cassaignard mainly produced these trombone pistoles for the use on bord of ships. For many a captain it was an impressiv tool against mutinous sailors.
corrado26

Richard G · 29th January 2019, 06:46 PM

I believe Nantes was the great slave-trading port of the French during that era.
Regards
Richard

NeilUK · 30th January 2019, 12:22 AM

I did not mean that this pistol was connected with the EIC. My comparison was with the owner saving money by not having his pistol proofed, as some EIC officers did.
Neil

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29th January 2019, 06:19 PM	#1
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	This type of pistol with its large muzzle has had certainly nothing to do with the Esat India Company. Cassaignard mainly produced these trombone pistoles for the use on bord of ships. For many a captain it was an impressiv tool against mutinous sailors. corrado26

29th January 2019, 06:46 PM	#2
Richard G Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 409	I believe Nantes was the great slave-trading port of the French during that era. Regards Richard

30th January 2019, 12:22 AM	#3
NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	I did not mean that this pistol was connected with the EIC. My comparison was with the owner saving money by not having his pistol proofed, as some EIC officers did. Neil