Reply With QuoteFantastic things, Giffards.
Do you have a link to the video?
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Dave
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Just watched an interesting YouTube video which included a section on this Gifford “Duelling Sport” pistol which was apparently featured as a side event in some early Olympic Games. This would have been an early form of “Paintball “ and involved the participants wearing protective coats with vital organs marked in chalk and protective headgear shooting at each other using wax balls.
Never seen a Gifford with the hand shield fitted before.
Brian
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Fantastic things, Giffards.
Do you have a link to the video?
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Dave
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Looks like wax bullets and low charges were used as well:
https://youtu.be/8IRvaCUYOoA?si=VgjNbW-hxWCSSw7Y
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Link below.Originally Posted by Unframed Dave
https://youtu.be/1S1xryzPd9Q?si=YaMLt1Yrno2DOc
Brian
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That was well worth the 18min viewing time - what a bunch of fascinating early airguns. My favourite would be the side lever double set trigger match rifle.
Never seen a Bate pistol - any collectors have one in the UK or did they mainly get shipped to the USA
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Live pigeon shooting as well as pistol duelling featured in turn of the century Olympics. Nowadays they don't even have fullbore target shooting.
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