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I've been replaying Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag recently and I noticed part of the game's progression involves carrying more and more pistols on your character. At the game's highest tier, having eight flintlock pistols in my inventory. I thought this impractical at first, until realizing the utility of not needing to reload nearly as frequently.
I can find a few references saying the famous pirate Blackbeard carried six pistols but it is unclear if using this many guns was the exception or the rule. While the Blackbeard's armaments were quite well documented elsewhere, the answers regarding cavalry in the same time period don't have any references.
During the late 1600's was it common for people to carry more than one pistol when expecting to battle?