qsy-complains-a-lot:Mle 1770 Gendarmerie pistolMade by the Manufacture Royale de Maubeuge in France
qsy-complains-a-lot:Mle 1770 Gendarmerie pistolMade by the Manufacture Royale de Maubeuge in France c.1792 - no serial number..69/17,5mm caliber, flintlock, single shot, 24cm total length.A short puffer that evolved from the longer pistols used before by French watchmen, which were unpractical when on foot. -- source link