{"id":1021,"date":"2015-08-03T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T05:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirates.blkline.com\/?page_id=1021"},"modified":"2015-08-03T01:15:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T05:15:32","slug":"belt-or-holster-pistols","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/belt-or-holster-pistols\/","title":{"rendered":"Belt or Holster Pistols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Holster Pistols (sometimes called Belt Pistols) were designed to be carried on a person in a leather belt holster or slipped through the belt. They are a medium sized weapon with calibres generally ranging from 45 to 65. These pistols are made in either Matchlock, Wheellock, Snap Lock, Dog Lock or Flintlock styles. A Holster Pistol is usually solid enough to be used in punching or other close fighting after it has been discharged.<\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/doglock50cal.jpg\" alt=\"Dog lock\" width=\"218\" height=\"78\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog lock belt pistol<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/7miquelet.jpg\" alt=\"Miquelet\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miquelet belt pistol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scottish_snaphance.jpg\" alt=\"Scottish Belt Pistols\" width=\"531\" height=\"293\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brace of Scottish made Snaphaunce belt pistols<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bpist1.jpg\" alt=\"Belt pistol\" width=\"675\" height=\"308\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belt Pistol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dutch50cal.jpg\" alt=\"Dutch Belt Pistol\" width=\"525\" height=\"255\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dutch made belt pistol. Note the weighted but for balance and use as a club.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holster Pistols (sometimes called Belt Pistols) were designed to be carried on a person in a leather belt holster or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}