Long and the short of the pistols scene at auction

In some cases makers have clearly made every effort to provide their clients with a weapon that will shoot exactly where it is aimed. Others have tried to give their clients every chance in a tight corner with intimidating blunderbuss barrels.

Unusual examples have provided a plan B in the form of spring bayonets or, in the case of the wheelo…

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