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1720's FRENCH CAVALRY PISTOL
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Loyalist Arms
and Repairs, is pleased to introduce our new 1720's French Cavalry
pistol.
We are constantly looking for new products to develop, to fill the
need for early arms and accessories.
Early French officer re-enactors as
well as Navy and Marines, now have a proper pistol to use
and display with
pride, researched/developed by, and made exclusively for Loyalist Arms.
This pistol has all
the same dimensions as the 1733 pattern, except the lock has no bridle on
the
frizzen and the lock plate is just slightly longer.
Prior
to the king's pattern pistol of 1733, most French pistols followed approximate
measurements and styles,
however, much was left up to the individual gun
builder to design, depending on his customers requirements
and
the builders
tastes.
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Details of tang
carving and octagon to round barrel, typical of the early French design, from
around
the 1690's-1740's.
Barrel is 12 inch long in .62 cal.with octagon
section approx. 5 inch long.
The squared flash pan and somewhat squared
frizzen are also common to these early pistols.
Some barrels had a cannon
muzzle and others had barrel lengths up to 14 inches, however, we have chosen
to
use the more common tapered octagon, fading to round design.
Details
of accurate relief carving around lock and trigger guard area.
This
exquisitely designed, yet rugged pistol was predominately an army officers and
cavalry firearm, however,
it was also commonly used the French Navy and
Marines.
Many of these pistols were sent to Acadia, Canada, and the Louisiana
territory as well as the
Caribbean islands under French rule.
This
beautiful pistol is an excellent reproduction that would fit nicely into the
golden age of piracy era, as well
as the F&I war/Seven Years War, and
Rev. War. Some even lasted into the 1812 and Napoleonic era.
Many were
imported,(as surplus), to the American colonies from France during the Rev. War,
while others
were captured during the battle of Quebec and held in reserve.
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This is one of our most beautiful
pieces.
Order yours today.
Price: $305.00 US / $442.25 Cdn.
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