The village of Doune, near Stirling, made the best-known Highland pistols of the eighteenth century. A Doune pistol was built entirely of steel, stock and all, so it had no wood to swell or split in wet weather. Most had a scroll or ram's-horn butt, a small ball trigger and no trigger guard. A long belt hook on the side let the pistol hang from the shoulder belt. Makers such as the Christie and Campbell families engraved the steel with scrollwork and sometimes inlaid it with silver. Highland officers carried them with pride, and a matched pair was a gentleman's weapon through most of the 1700s.

This grenadier officer fires with his left arm thrust out straight, the steel pistol levelled. His basket-hilted broadsword is held low in his right hand, its black scabbard hanging behind. He wears the black fur grenadier cap and a red coat with blue cuffs and lapels trimmed in gold. A gilt gorget sits at his throat, and the crimson officer's sash crosses his shoulder in the Highland fashion. A gold cord hangs from his right shoulder. Below the tartan plaid are a white officer's sporran with black tassels and red-and-white diced hose. Put him at the head of his company with 42nd Grenadier Standing Firing, No.2, 42nd Grenadier Standing Defending and 42nd Grenadier Standing Alert.

W. Britain model 16096. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.