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Pair of Belgian Percussion Dueling or Target Pistols
Sharing a recent acquisition, a nice vintage pair of dueling or target pistols.
These are ~ .44 caliber; proofed 11.8mm. They were marketed by C. Mode of Paris. they remain "as new." I'm not sure whether I will fire them.
Has anyone been slapped with a glove recently?
Curly
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NitroX
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These are ~ .44 caliber; proofed 11.8mm. They were marketed by C. Mode of Paris. they remain "as new." I'm not sure whether I will fire them.
Has anyone been slapped with a glove recently?
I think you are a coward and a weakling if you never fire your duelling pistols ....
What are you going to do about that?  
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That is a lovely pair of duelers, Curly
That mould with swing-off sprue cutter is the first I have seen, of that vintage/age.
I see the powder measure is for a tiny charge of powder.
Beautiful, "in case complete".
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Marvelous cased percussion pistols, Curl!
Congratulations!
Stocked in ebony? Certainly gives them a business-like appearance!
...so I'd like to think of them as duelers rather than target pistols. 
Quality collectables indeed.
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Every Southern gentleman needs a fine pair of duelling pistols. Well done.
Still waiting for your response. yellow livered hillbilly Virginian!
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Marvelous cased percussion pistols, Curl!
Congratulations!
Stocked in ebony? Certainly gives them a business-like appearance!
...so I'd like to think of them as duelers rather than target pistols.
Quality collectables indeed.
They certainly appear to be ebony. It makes a marvelous stock, however inletting parts in it, is extremely difficult. Tools need to be kept razor sharp or it chips badly.
They are a lovely pair for certain.
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Daryl
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All of the wood is ebony: the stocks, the mallet, both accessory/patch containers, the cleaning rod, the handle on the nipple wrench, and the seating rod.
I would think it requires great skill to stock pistols such as these in ebony.
Curly
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Lovely pair of pistols. I'm not knowledgeable on pistols. I thought that I remember reading that target pistols have sights whereas dueling pistols do not. Please educate me.
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Curly - sending you an e-mail.
17th Century .40 calibre Dag in Ebony, made entirely by my bro.
Those are BEAUTIFUL pistols, Curly. Well done.
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Daryl
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These are ~ .44 caliber; proofed 11.8mm. They were marketed by C. Mode of Paris. they remain "as new." I'm not sure whether I will fire them.
Has anyone been slapped with a glove recently?
I think you are a coward and a weakling if you never fire your duelling pistols ....
What are you going to do about that?
The Virginian doesn't want to play.
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John aka NitroX
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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"
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Magnificent comes readily to mind!
Just in case the white glove out, the previous owner(s) would have frightened off any who were slighted & hence probably never used!
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NitroX
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Very similar styling to the replica "Le Page" duelling. Pistols.
I wanted a set of them before bp pistols became deadly handgun weapons of choice for rmodern robbers under licensing.
I like both sets a lot.
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Amazing....simply amazing. Good for you!
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Very, very nice. Thank you for sharing the pics, always great to see something above
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