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London-Made Lorenzonis Repeating Flintlocks

London-Made Lorenzonis Repeating Flintlocks

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Published on August 26, 2016
Duration: 10:21

This video explores two London-made Lorenzoni repeating flintlock pistols from the mid-1700s. The Lorenzoni system, a precursor to modern repeating firearms, featured internal magazines for powder and projectiles, allowing a shooter to reload and recock the action with a lever mechanism. While offering unprecedented firepower for its era, the system's complexity made these pistols expensive and difficult to produce reliably. The video highlights the ingenuity of gunsmiths like Kalthoff and Lorenzoni in developing this early repeating technology.

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