Something about duelling pistols
Antique firearms is something always interested me, so i think i am going to post more about this kind of stuff.
The practice of duelling with pistols, as opposed to swords, came about with a change in gentlemen´s fashion in the 1760s. Initially, a pair of riding holster pistols or travelling pistols was the new weapon of choice, but soon one or two entrepreneurial gunsmiths saw a gap in the market and started to produce a specialized weapon.
Duelling was never lawful in this country; theoretically a duel ending in death could lead to the gallows. The practice gradually fell out of favour with the accession of Queen Victoria who strongly disapproved of it and by 1850 duelling had, to all intents and purposes, ceased in England.