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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Hand cannons are a callback to the [[Wikipedia:American frontier|Old West]]—weapons for a new frontier.<ref>[http://imgur.com/a/bv7y8 '''Imgur''' - ''Newsweek Destiny Collector's Edition August 19, 2014'']</ref> which are the hard-hitting pistols thought of in the Old West. | *Hand cannons are a callback to the [[Wikipedia:American frontier|Old West]]—weapons for a new frontier.<ref>[http://imgur.com/a/bv7y8 '''Imgur''' - ''Newsweek Destiny Collector's Edition August 19, 2014'']</ref> which are the hard-hitting pistols thought of in the Old West. | ||
*Many hand cannons have their barrels positioned on the lower part of their cylinder, reminiscent of revolvers like the [[wikipedia:Chiappa_Rhino|Chiappa Rhino]]. Despite this, the hammer is positioned as if it were on a more traditional revolver where the barrel is on the top of the cylinder. | *Many hand cannons have their barrels positioned on the lower part of their cylinder, reminiscent of revolvers like the [[wikipedia:Chiappa_Rhino|Chiappa Rhino]]. Despite this, the hammer is positioned as if it were on a more traditional revolver where the barrel is on the top of the cylinder. | ||