"hot corn"

[Dave Hause]

Kind of late, but a little browsing shows dueling pistols evolved from
"holster" pistols in the 1760-1850 time frame.  Ones I've found pictured &
described on the net range from .44 to .66 cal.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Waynesville, MO
----- Original Message -----
>Date:    Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:08:53 -0500
>From:    George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU>
>Subject: Re: "hot corn"
>
>Joel Berson suggests;
>Was "corn" ever used to describe a size of gun-shot?  What was used
>in dueling pistols?

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