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Percussion Dueling Pistol
The use of pistols in duels became popular in Britain, France and America during the mid-eighteenth century. Initially standard holster or travelling pistols were mainly used, but by the end of the century special-purpose duelling pistols were being made by craftsmen in England, France, Germany, Austria and America.
Specifications
(1850 - ?)
- Type: Pistol
- Caliber: 0.38 (7 mm), 0.45 in (11 mm), 0.52 in (13 mm), 0.58 in (15 mm) or even 0.65 in (17 mm)
- Length: 420 mm - 430 mm (16.8 - 16.9 inch)
- Barrel Length: 240 mm - 290 mm (9.4 - 11.8 inch)
- Capacity: 1
- Fire Modes: Single Shot
The Percussion Dueling Pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Jacques Weber | Count of Monte-Cristo | 1979 | |
| North and South | Lewis Smith | Charles Main | 1985 | |
| William Arvay | Whitney Smith | |||
| Patrick Swayze | Orry Main | |||
| Tuck Milligan | Smith Dawkins | |||
| Dubrovsky | Anatoliy Romashin | Prince Vereyskiy | 1989 | |
| The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | Belinda Lang | Agatha Troy | "A Man Lay Dead" (S01E01) | 1993 |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Jon Finch | Count Sylvius | (S01E05) | 1994 |
| Charles Gray | Mycroft Holmes | |||
| Stolypin... Unlearned Lessons (Stolypin... Nevyuchennye uroki) | Oleg Klishin | Pyotr Stolypin | 2006 | |
| Vahtangi Beridze | Prince Shakhnovskiy | |||
| New Amsterdam | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | John Amsterdam | "Honor" (S01E04) | 2008 |
| Erik Jensen | Durst | |||
| Pelagia and the White Bulldog (Pelagiya i bely buldog) | Timofey Tribuntsev | Vladimir Bubentsov | 2009 | |
| Imants Berzins | The dragoon officer | |||
| Richard Bondarev | The dragoon officer's brother | |||
| Paris Police 1900 | Seen in Guérin's gun collection | 2021 | ||
| The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 | Romain Levi | Stéphane Codron | Lepage Percussion Pistol w/folding bayonet; "L'ame Perdue" (S1E01), "Alouette" (S1E02), "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03), "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04), "Deux Amours" (S1E05) | 2023 |