The Pistols Carried by Highland Warriors with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson

In this episode of What Is This Weapon? Jonathan explores the evolution of the Scottish pistol through a selection of remarkable examples from the museum's collection. 00:00 Scottish Pistols 01:04 The Iconic Scroll Butt 05:38 Early Scottish Pistols 12:36 The Scroll Butt Evolves 18:00 How Were They Made? 24:00 Inside the Lock 30:00 Decoration & Design 38:44 A Pistol with Royal Connections 41:55 Culloden & the Highland Pistol 44:35 The Highland Revival 46:20 Did Highlanders Throw Their Pistols? 48:29 Conclusion Sources & Extra Reading: For the typical method of carry, please see Francis Grose (1801). Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time. Volume 1. London: T. Egerton. p. 164 (reproduced on the NPS website here - https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/imag... ) Claude Blair ‘Scottish Firearms’ American Society of Arms Collectors lecture (1975). https://americansocietyofarmscollecto... Or https://electricscotland.com/history/... Claude Blair & Robert Woosnam-Savage, 'Scottish Firearms', Historical Arms Series, No.31, Museum Restoration service, Bloomfield, Ontario, 1995. Martin Kelvin, 'The Scottish pistol; Its History, Manufacture and Design', Cygnus Arts, London, 1996. G. Maxwell Longfield, ‘Ancient Firearms of Scotland’, American Society of Arms Collectors lecture (1981). https://americansocietyofarmscollecto... I. H. Mackay Scobie, ‘THE REGIMENTAL HIGHLAND PISTOL’ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. 7, No. 27 (JANUARY, 1928), pp. 52-57 THE REGIMENTAL HIGHLAND PISTOL | JSTOR (requires account) John Sinclair, ‘The Statistical Account of Scotland’ (1798, vol. xx., pp. 86-8). https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio... C.E. Whitelaw, ‘Variations of the Dog-Lock Found on Scottish Firearms’, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol.59 (1925), pp. 211-221. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.059.211.221 C.E. Whitelaw, ‘A Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms’ In Herbert J. Jackson, European hand firearms of the sixteenth, seventeenth & eighteenth centuries (Holland Press, 1 Jan. 1959). C.E. Whitelaw, 'Scottish Arms makers', ed. by S Barter, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1977. Also (less accessible) J Arthur, The Doune Pistolmakers; Part 2 The Murdochs, 'Guns Review', May 1976, Vol.16, No.5, pp.245-6. David Caldwell, 'Scottish Traditional Gunmaking', Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Volume 13, June 2005. Greville Portrait from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_... Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour. Help us bring history to life by supporting us here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us... Sign up to our museum membership scheme here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us... ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook:   / royalarmouriesmuseum   ⚔Twitter:   / royal_armouries   ⚔ Instagram:   / royalarmouriesmuseum   We are the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Discover what goes on behind the scenes and watch our collection come to life. See combat demonstrations, experience jousting and meet our experts. Have a question about arms and armour? Feel free to leave us a comment and we'll do our best to answer it.