Armi San Marco Mle1777 Pistol
Single Shot Pistols
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7m 30s
Chappie tries his defrabed reproduction French 1777 pistol for the first time. The result is somewhat underwhelming but we pride ourselves on showing things as they really are. The pistol clearly needs more work but hopefully we'll get there in the end.
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