1750-1850 - Dueling pistols ... pair of 1786 flintlock pistols was made with ivory stocks and unusually elaborate decorative details. 1776 - American Revolution. 1807 - Percussion-detonating ...

In the first decade of the 20th century, the age-old custom of pistol dueling was briefly resurrected as a non-lethal sport, even making it into the 1908 Olympics as a side event. To accurately ...

Officers, able to afford more expensive weapons, usually had dueling pistols, while rank-and-file ... It also used percussion caps, which allowed soldiers to shoot reliably in wet weather.

The centerpiece of the Postal Museum's “Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Secretary, Icon” is a set of flintlock English dueling pistols ... a slightly more modern percussion cap system.

But it did fuel an anti-dueling movement, and in 1810 ... five members of Congress and the U.S. secretary of state — intended to break the law. Crossing the Potomac River from Washington ...

These duelling pistols are circa 1823. originally flintlock and converted to percussion cap. Though illegal, duelling had quickly develloped a formal set of rules and conduct, as evidenced by the ...

A sword pistol linked to the 1689 Siege of Derry is among an historic trove of guns set to go under the hammer in Belfast. Duelling pistols ... a military-style percussion musket inscribed ...