Mle1833 Pistol for Cavalry Officers
France
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30m
Deep dive into one of the very first military purpose built percussion firearms and boy did they go to town on it. Not content with simply altering the ignition mechanism, they spared no expense and included all the best aesthetic and technical features of the time, including the very latest in accurising techniques, the Delvigne breech.
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