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Topic: Repeating rifles and revolvers pre-1800 Posted: 13-Feb-2013 at 11:30 |
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Posted: 12-Feb-2013 at 18:58 |
Ducksfoot pistol with nine barrels. Judging by the miquelet lock, this is an early piece from Italy, possibly 17th or 18th century
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Posted: 21-Dec-2012 at 13:44 |
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Posted: 28-Nov-2012 at 07:57 |
A pistol designed to fire square bullets
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Posted: 13-Nov-2012 at 08:29 |
Strange, the link above no longer works.
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Posted: 10-Nov-2012 at 12:10 |
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Posted: 06-Oct-2012 at 09:56 |
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Posted: 24-Sep-2012 at 19:17 |
Harmonica gun, an early attempt to get round Sam Colt's patent
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Posted: 16-Sep-2012 at 19:20 |
Superimposed charge wheel-lock rifle capable of firing two shots from a single barrel
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Posted: 10-Sep-2012 at 20:35 |
Girandoni invented a repeating air rifle for the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Posted: 09-Sep-2012 at 19:38 |
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Posted: 06-Sep-2012 at 19:08 |
One early repeater had one barrel but four locks, each one loaded with a powder charge. The one furthest from the trigger was fired first
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Posted: 27-Jul-2012 at 19:46 |
Flintlock pepperbox from the late 18th century
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Posted: 26-Jul-2012 at 19:37 |
This strange contraption is a Russian invention. It is a repeating mortar that worked in a similar way to a revolver
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Posted: 13-Jul-2012 at 19:26 |
A poacher's organ battery
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Posted: 27-Oct-2011 at 19:15 |
The reason the bullets of the Puckle Gun were square was because its inventor believed they hurt more and were harder to remove. For centuries warring Christian nations observed an unwritten code of honor prohibiting the use of anything other than smooth round bullets. During the Civil War several prisoners were executed for roughening their musket balls as these would expand on contact, like modern hollow-point ammunition
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Posted: 26-Oct-2011 at 19:35 |
That's the sort of thing i'm looking for Ollios. Judging by its small caliber, my guess is this was antipersonnel weapon
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Posted: 16-Oct-2011 at 17:48 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
It fired round bullets at Christians and square ones at Turks |
what is the aim? can square ones damage more?
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Maybe Ollios can tell us more about this nine-barreled Turkish cannon |
I have tried but no result, but I found similar thing with 11 barreled you can read its plate ---------------- more ottoman weapons' photoes http://osmanli-devleti1299.tr.gg/osmanli-tabancalar.htm (Turkish)
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Posted: 16-Oct-2011 at 09:54 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
James Puckle's "defence" was the first machine-gun, patented in the early 1700s. It fired round bullets at Christians and square ones at Turks |
And ironically, despite the intention of the designer, the round bullets against Christians were probably more lethal due to better ballistics.
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Posted: 16-Oct-2011 at 08:35 |
I'm surprised by the lack of interest in this topic. Maybe Ollios can tell us more about this nine-barreled Turkish cannon
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