Firearms with small, sweeping grips have been around for quite some time. While the distinctive “Bird’s Head” grip is normally attributed to Colt Derringers of the 1860s, a look at a Barbar pocket flintlock pistol from 1740 shows a very similarly shaped stock. Nevertheless, Samuel Colt, after the rather unusual shape of his First Model […]
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