came across this thing, do you know what it is?
What the heck is this thing?
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nagarifle
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What the heck is this thing?
hi Chapes and chapees
came across this thing, do you know what it is?
came across this thing, do you know what it is?
Nagarifle
if you say it can not be done, then you are right, for you, it can not be done.
if you say it can not be done, then you are right, for you, it can not be done.
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Its a 16-cigarette lighter ... no, no.. its the new Rajni Mob-buster.... or wait... is it a Jaguar fitting???
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I think it's latest Pepper mill that can be made to sprinkle fresh ground pepper by repeatedly pressing the Trigger Guard.
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Exercise in Logic:
Given that there are far more good guys than bad guys, what would happen if all good guys and all bad guys were armed???......Simple, isn't it ?---Jeff Cooper
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be any India because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our
women and breed a hardier race!"
Given that there are far more good guys than bad guys, what would happen if all good guys and all bad guys were armed???......Simple, isn't it ?---Jeff Cooper
"Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't
be any India because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our
women and breed a hardier race!"
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lazybones
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
Hi Naga:
Marksman gets an A
It's a "pepperbox revolver". Colt used to make a famous one circa 1850.The Brits also made them. They came in huge calibers (like .50) and were used primarily for self protection. I've never encountered one with so many barrels before. The handle looks vaguely "Oriental".
Ashok
Marksman gets an A
It's a "pepperbox revolver". Colt used to make a famous one circa 1850.The Brits also made them. They came in huge calibers (like .50) and were used primarily for self protection. I've never encountered one with so many barrels before. The handle looks vaguely "Oriental".
Ashok
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
You're right TenX
This is the conceptual grand daddy of the Gatling gun.
Ashok
This is the conceptual grand daddy of the Gatling gun.
Ashok
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
Some thoughts on the pepperbox by the master of them all- Mark Twain:
I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault--you could not hit anything with it. One of our 'conductors' practiced awhile on a cow with it, and as long as she stood still and behaved herself she was safe; but as soon as she went to moving about, and he got to shooting at other things, she came to grief.
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Pepperbox revolver
The Allen "pepperbox" photo
courtesy of Dave Thomson.
George Bemis . . . wore in his belt an old original "Allen" revolver, such as irreverent people called a "pepper-box." Simply drawing the trigger back, cocked and fired the pistol. As the trigger came back, the hammer would begin to rise and the barrel to turn over, and presently down would drop the hammer, and away would speed the ball. To aim along the turning barrel and hit the thing aimed at was a feat which was probably never done with an "Allen" in the world. But George's was a reliable weapon, nevertheless, because, as one of the stage-drivers afterward said, "If she didn't get what she went after, she would fetch something else." And so she did. She went after a deuce of spades nailed against a tree, once, and fetched a mule standing about thirty yards to the left of it. Bemis did not want the mule; but the owner came out with a double-barreled shotgun and persuaded him to buy it, anyhow. It was a cheerful weapon--the "Allen." Sometimes all its six barrels would go off at once, and then there was no safe place in all the region round about, but behind it.
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I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault--you could not hit anything with it. One of our 'conductors' practiced awhile on a cow with it, and as long as she stood still and behaved herself she was safe; but as soon as she went to moving about, and he got to shooting at other things, she came to grief.
- Roughing It
Pepperbox revolver
The Allen "pepperbox" photo
courtesy of Dave Thomson.
George Bemis . . . wore in his belt an old original "Allen" revolver, such as irreverent people called a "pepper-box." Simply drawing the trigger back, cocked and fired the pistol. As the trigger came back, the hammer would begin to rise and the barrel to turn over, and presently down would drop the hammer, and away would speed the ball. To aim along the turning barrel and hit the thing aimed at was a feat which was probably never done with an "Allen" in the world. But George's was a reliable weapon, nevertheless, because, as one of the stage-drivers afterward said, "If she didn't get what she went after, she would fetch something else." And so she did. She went after a deuce of spades nailed against a tree, once, and fetched a mule standing about thirty yards to the left of it. Bemis did not want the mule; but the owner came out with a double-barreled shotgun and persuaded him to buy it, anyhow. It was a cheerful weapon--the "Allen." Sometimes all its six barrels would go off at once, and then there was no safe place in all the region round about, but behind it.
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"What if he had no knife? In that case he would not be a good bushman so there is no need to consider the possibility." H.A. Lindsay, 1947
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
Oh yeah, I have one of them too. Anyone who visits is welcome to try it.
"What if he had no knife? In that case he would not be a good bushman so there is no need to consider the possibility." H.A. Lindsay, 1947
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
Mark, remember to stand still...Mark";p="58038 wrote:Oh yeah, I have one of them too. Anyone who visits is welcome to try it.
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You are going to wonder when you visit why all I have for you is an old cane pole and a rusty (ha ha, I made a funny!) fish hook....
"What if he had no knife? In that case he would not be a good bushman so there is no need to consider the possibility." H.A. Lindsay, 1947
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
I have seen something similar to this one long time ago in the museum of Maharajah Ranjit Singh at company bagh , Amritsar
Some more similar guns are displayed here
http://www.flayderman.com/
There were lots of old weapons at that time and some of them were really amazing. Last time i went there , they were having some renovations and none of the firearms were there. It was a disappointment since i wanted to see this old time six shooter again.
Cheers
Mandeep
Some more similar guns are displayed here
http://www.flayderman.com/
There were lots of old weapons at that time and some of them were really amazing. Last time i went there , they were having some renovations and none of the firearms were there. It was a disappointment since i wanted to see this old time six shooter again.
Cheers
Mandeep
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The link is indeed an eye opener to the old craftmanship greats... Thanks
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