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Old 25th January 2015, 07:34 PM   #1
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Default French Flintlock Pocket Pistol circa 1750

Again a very short pistol.
Flintlock Pocket Pistol with France, circa 1750
I ‘m wondering about the Ballistic Performance for such small pistol ,the French Gendarmerie pistol, models 1770 /an 9 / 1842, were also very short pistols circa 25 cm but I guess they were efficient weapons because in use during more than half century.
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Old 25th January 2015, 07:37 PM   #2
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Since a very long time I am a collector of French and British pocket and Queen Anne pistols. So I am able to show three double barreled side-by-side pistols of French origin of about 1750.
The shortest of the three has 18cm in length, the longest 19,5cm and this one is made by the French gunmaker Pierre TURGE in Nantes. The other pistols are unsigned, but one has silver mountings with the the hallmark of Paris for the year 1768.
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Very nice and most interesting examples, corrado
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Old 29th January 2015, 12:49 PM   #5
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... I ‘m wondering about the Ballistic Performance for such small pistol ,the French Gendarmerie pistol, models 1770 ...
Maybe this is the reason Gendarmes were equiped with a pair of such pistols, one in each pocket ... so i have read .
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