The weird 1880 Apache Knuckle-Duster extremist pistol was an odd combination of almost a no barrel pistol, knuckle-duster, and short mini-dagger blade for street fighting in the late 19th century. Carried by thugs the folded weapon was weignty and awkward for just knuckle-duster duty. One had to extend the duster to form a crude grip and extend the small forward dagger blade. This exposed the 5-shot revolver with a mini-barrel that had to be used at point-blank range to score any accurate hit. The dagger blade also had to be used the same way for any chance of a decent wound. There was no trigger guard so the weapon was dangerous in that it could be discharged just by bumping it or dropping it. And the duster could not be used when the weapon was unfolded as it acted as the grip! A desperation weapon, gimmick, and ultimately a totally ineffective weapon as it wasn't good at shooting, stabbing, nor hand fighting!

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