French Flintlock Pocket Pistol circa 1750

Cerjak · 25th January 2015, 08:34 PM

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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Cerjak · 25th January 2015, 08:37 PM

french gendarmerie pistol

corrado26 · 29th January 2015, 12:24 PM

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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fernando · 29th January 2015, 01:44 PM

Very nice and most interesting examples, corrado

fernando · 29th January 2015, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Cerjak

... 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 .

25th January 2015, 08:34 PM	#1
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	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. best Cerjak Attached Images

25th January 2015, 08:37 PM	#2
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29th January 2015, 12:24 PM	#3
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,204	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. corrado26 Attached Images

29th January 2015, 01:44 PM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Very nice and most interesting examples, corrado