For the United States Bicentennial in 1976, Chase Manhattan allowed the pistols to be removed and lent to the U.S. Bicentennial Society of Richmond. A subsequent article in the Smithsonian magazine said that close examination of the pistols had revealed a secret hair trigger. ("Pistols shed light on famed duel"Archived March 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine from the Smithsonian magazine; November 1976)
However, English dueling pistols had been customarily fitted with hair triggers, known as set triggers, for 20 years before the duel, and pistols made by Robert Wogdon were no exception. They cannot, therefore, be said to have secret hair triggers. The British Duelling Pistol; John Atkinson, Arms and Armour Press; 1978)
For the United States Bicentennial in 1976, Chase Manhattan allowed the pistols to be removed and lent to the U.S. Bicentennial Society of Richmond. A subsequent article in the Smithsonian magazine said that close examination of the pistols had revealed a secret hair trigger. ("Pistols shed light on famed duel"Archived March 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine from the Smithsonian magazine; November 1976)
However, English dueling pistols had been customarily fitted with hair triggers, known as set triggers, for 20 years before the duel, and pistols made by Robert Wogdon were no exception. They cannot, therefore, be said to have secret hair triggers. The British Duelling Pistol; John Atkinson, Arms and Armour Press; 1978)
