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Old 4th December 2016, 12:25 PM   #5
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Apparently horse pistol holsters were already used by the time of the wheellock system.
Here is the equestrian statue of Portuguese King Dom Joćo IV (1630-1645), sculpted F. Franco in the 19th century; this assuming the artist has not given wings to his imagination.

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