duelling pistols

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• Duelling pistol — A duelling pistol is a pistol used in a classical duel. As a general rule, they are single shot flintlock or percussion black powder pistols which fire a lead musket ball. Duelling pistols were manufactured and sold in pairs of identical… …   Wikipedia

• Duel — For other uses, see Duel (disambiguation). Drawing of a duel fought with foils in the Bois de Boulogne in 1874 …   Wikipedia

• Burr–Hamilton duel — An artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton by J. Mund. The Burr–Hamilton duel was a duel between two prominent American politicians, the former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and… …   Wikipedia

• Firearm — A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning… …   Wikipedia

• Code duello — A code duello is a set of rules for a one on one combat, or duel. Codes duello regulate dueling and thus help prevent vendettas between families and other social factions. They assure that non violent means of reaching agreement be exhausted and… …   Wikipedia

• Wogdon & Barton — s. The name Wogdon became synonymous with duelling, to the extent that duels in England were sometimes referred to as a Wogdon affair . Wogdon Barton made the pistols used in the infamous Burr Hamilton duel, which were later found to have… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Mitchell (explorer) — Major Sir Thomas Mitchell Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (c1830s) Born Thomas Livingstone Mitchell 15 …   Wikipedia

• Durs Egg — (1748–1831) was a Swiss born British gunmaker, noted for his flintlock pistols and for his company s production of the Ferguson rifle. Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a… …   Wikipedia

• The Even Chance — Infobox Film name = The Even Chance (UK) The Duel (USA) image size = 250px caption = Duelling pistol director = Andrew Grieve producer = writer = Russell Lewis narrator = starring = Ioan GruffuddJamie Bamber music = cinematography = editing =… …   Wikipedia

• duel — [[t]dju͟ːəl, AM du͟ː [/t]] duels, duelling, duelled (in AM, use dueling, dueled) 1) N COUNT A duel is a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel. He killed a man in one duel and was himself… …   English dictionary

• John "Fireball" MacNamara — (c. 1750 1836), member of the influential clan MacNamara was the grandson of Colonel John MacNamara who had been prominent in public life. John s father was Colonel Francis MacNamara, who was M. P. for County Clare (1790 1798) and a member of… …   Wikipedia