Similar weapons were made in India,[2] including the katar (कटार), a thrusting dagger, modern variants of which may feature a single-shot pistol built into one side.

In 1838, the United States Navy developed the .54 caliber, single-shot smoothbore Elgin pistol, which was equipped with an 11.5-inch Bowie knife blade[4] and was intended for use by boarding parties.

Reportedly, in 1840 a naval landing party used the pistol to good effect when Fijian warriors attacked the sailors on the island of Malolo.

[8] During World War I, the British manufactured a limited number of Webley revolvers with folding blades, similar in design to the Pritchard pistol bayonet.

[14] In the late Victorian era, some French swordsticks had built-in pinfire pepperbox revolvers to increase their lethality; these were carried by civilians for self-defense.

[15] Modern versions occasionally appear on the market, however, as novelties or collectors' items, including the Sierra Madre knife pistol.