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""" The Howdah 20Ga Double-Barrel Flintlock Pistol saw prominence in the American frontier of the 1860s and 1870s."""""... what a joke,,, a FINTLOCK in 1860???? That would be VERY RARE!!!! After reading that statement I couldnt go on,,,,,,

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Actually....

The "howdah" in the West is more or less mythical in any time period but the use of flintlocks, especially by Indians was not. Percussion in that period was in general use but some still preferred the old system which, like percussion later, died hard.

Also...and this crowds the "howdah" concept a bit....the US military was issuing big bore single shot pistols in large (for the time) numbers before the Civil War and those guns remained in use by many into the cartridge period. And then 5-Finger-Discount take-homes and surplus broomouts of Civil War percussion revolvers kept them in quantity and in use for long into the cartridge period.

Chapel's GUNS OF THE OLD WEST is quite fascinating and speaks quite a bit to this topic. Really if you think about it, it's no different than today. For example, there are many who prefer double shotguns and...heavens...even rifles for solid utilitarian reasons even still (maybe a few even on this forum!!) but why when a Benelli M2 is available?

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