Montigny Parlour Pistols: When indoor shooting was cool, with Jonathan Ferguson.
Royal Armouries
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13m
Relatively small, but packed with history - this week's episode explores the Belgian Montigny system all-metal breech-loading needle-firing parlour pistol. Try saying that fast three times.
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