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Light cavalry of the early modern period were equipped with a sabre and specialised horse pistols, carried in saddle holsters. [citation needed] These large calibre single shot handguns, also known as holster pistols, horsemen's pistols, cavalry pistols, or musket calibre pistols, saw extensive use among the British and French armies during the Napoleonic Wars. [5]
Harper's Ferry model 1805–1808 flintlock pistols were known then as “horsemen’s pistols” and were produced in pairs; both pistols having identical serial numbers. With just one shot readily available without reloading, a pair or "brace" was the standard issue. Horse accouterments also included a standard pair of saddle holsters.
Flintlock pistol in "Queen Anne" layout, made in Lausanne by Galliard, c. 1760. On display at Morges military museum. Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as a military arm. Their effective range was short, and they were frequently used as an adjunct to a sword or cutlass. Pistols were usually smoothbore although some rifled ...
The Pistolet modèle 1786 was the Naval designation for the Pistolet modèle 1777 flintlock pistol pattern; introduced to French Military units in 1777 for the Cavalry and Army, 1786 for the Navy and was produced until 1801, when it was superseded by the Pistolet modèle An IX.
Both the 1763 and 1766 Models became the most popular of all French Flintlock Pistols and remained so until the Modèle 1801 (An IX) was issued to the French Military. Due to the Failure of the 1777/1786 Pattern Pistol to please the French Soldiers, examples of the 1763 and 1766 Patterns were reissued to the troops until 1801.
The flintlock Kalthoff repeaters by Mathias Kalthoff, circa. 1656–1694, at Livrustkammaren. A repeating firearm or repeater is any firearm (either a handgun or long gun) that is designed for multiple, repeated firings before the gun has to be reloaded with new ammunition.