The British Duelling Pistol |
Common terms and phrases
ball barrels blued steel bore breech bullet Buntingford butt caps centre chequering cock Colonel Hawker compartment copper cap courtesy decoration detonating Dublin duel duelling ground duelling pistols duelling weapons Duke Durs Egg early duelling Egg's English duelling pistol engraved favoured finial fire firearms firm fitted flask flint flintlock fore sights gold-lined Griffin gunmaker H.W. Mortimer half-stocked hallmark hammer Henry Nock holster pistols ignition James Purdey James Wilkinson John Manton John Twigg Joseph Egg Joseph Manton later length lock lockplate London makers mould muzzle nipple officers pair of duelling pair of pistols pan cover spring Patent Breech percussion Photo Piccadilly pistols illustrated pistols shown powder priming produced Purdey ramrod Rate Books rifled Rigby Robert Wogdon roller bearing round screw shooting shot shown in Plate sideplate silver mounts sporting guns steel Street touch hole trade label trigger guards true duelling volley gun