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Originally Posted by Fernando K
Regarding the key classified as model 1791, actually corresponds to the 1802 model for artillery carbine:
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Fernando K, Please see the first post. Juan L. Calvó tells me this is a cavalry pistol made at the Valencia Factory (1808-1812). It may just be the lanyard ring that makes it a "cavalry pistol".
I don't have a copy of “Armamento Español en la Guerra de Independencia”, so I can't check Juan L. Calvó's photos. Do you have a copy? Does anyone have a copy? They only printed a limited edition of 1,000.
The lock looks a lot like the one labeled Model 1791 in Benninghoff's Spanish Weapons in the American Revolution and the one shown in plate 65 from the Scollard Collection.
Can you post some photos of BARCELO RUBI "Laptop Spanish Armament, 1764-1939", page 162?