Durs Egg (1748-1831) was a Swiss born gunmaker who emigrated to London from Paris and established his own shop at 1 Pall Mall in 1772. He was among the most well-regarded makers of his era and was particularly known for his fine dueling pistols. Though dueling was already outlawed in many areas by the early 19th century when these pistols were produced, dueling remained a regular part of upper class society, especially in the United States where political and personal matters regularly led to bloodshed among even some of the highest ranking men in society. This set includes two matching flintlock dueling pistols in a Durs Egg labelled case fitted to the guns with a bullet mold, powder flask, lead balls, brush, screwdriver, vent pick, bore rod, vice, and wadding. As was essentially standard on late English dueling pistols, each gun has fixed sights, smooth bores, and adjustable single set triggers with visible adjustment screws. They also have "D. EGG, LONDON," in gold on their top barrel flats, gold bands at the breech end of the barrels just behind the rear sights, gold lined vents and flash pans, gold thumb plates, "D Egg" on the lock which has a roller on the frizzen toe and had sliding safeties (removed), engraving on most components, silver wedge escutcheons, and walnut half stocks with checkered wrists.

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