The Le Cententaire Knuckleduster Pistol,Produced in France, the Le Cententaire was a combination pis
The Le Cententaire Knuckleduster Pistol,Produced in France, the Le Cententaire was a combination pistol and knuckleduster weapon. Attached to the four ring knuckle duster was a small pistol which fired a .22 short cartridge. It was named the “Le Cententaire” because they were manufactured in 1889, the centennial of the French Revolution. While produced in Paris, a number were also exported to the United States. The Le Cententaire was especially popular with the Apache gangs, who were gangs of thieves and ruffians that inhabited the Paris underworld in the 19th century. In all practicality the Le Cententaire probably made a much better knuckleduster than pistol. The .22 short cartridge is the least powerful cartridge in common production, made for putting holes in paper targets and killing tiny pest critters. It also would have been hard to aim and fire, only being effective at point blank range. -- source link
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