Joseph-Célestin Dumonthier was a French gunsmith and inventor active in the late 19th century. He was known for novelty firearms such as a gun built into a walking stick, patented in 1876, [1] or a bladed revolver, patented in 1840. [2]
Further reading
- Frost, H. Gordon (1972). Blades and Barrels: Six Centuries of Combination Weapons. Walloon Press.
References
- ^ Gabriel, Ronald (2011). American & British 410 Shotguns. Gun Digest Books. p. 136. ISBN 9781440223976.
- ^ Blackmore, Howard L. (2000). Hunting Weapons: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Courier Dover Publications. p. 45. ISBN 9780486409610.
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