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Double-barreled flintlock turnover pistol
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The turnover system allowed a barrel, after having fired the first shot, to be turned rapidly over its length for a second discharge from the other barrel. It required just one flintlock and was therefore cheaper than the system employed by superimposed pistols, whose two barrels, one on top of the other, each required its own flintlock.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDouble-barreled flintlock turnover pistol. 1645 - 1650. Michel de la Pierre. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
