Indians For Guns

hi Chapes and chapees

came across this thing, do you know what it is?

Its a 16-cigarette lighter ... no, no.. its the new Rajni Mob-buster.... or wait... is it a Jaguar fitting???

I think it's latest Pepper mill that can be made to sprinkle fresh ground pepper by repeatedly pressing the Trigger Guard.
Marksman

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

Hold the horses... I get it.. Its from the movie 'Mask'

do u need a holster for it???

You're right TenX
This is the conceptual grand daddy of the Gatling gun.

Ashok

i dono i thought it was old version of the mini gun, before my time may be grumpy can show some light into it?

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.
- 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.
- Roughing It

Oh yeah, I have one of them too. Anyone who visits is welcome to try it.

That's a riot real socializing piece .
You couldn't get me to shoot one for all the love of money.

Dev

Mark";p="58038 wrote:Oh yeah, I have one of them too. Anyone who visits is welcome to try it.

Mark, remember to stand still...

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....

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

The link is indeed an eye opener to the old craftmanship greats... Thanks