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Post by legacyofthesword on Oct 26, 2017 2:12:47 GMT
Revolvers weren't the first repeating pistols... Here's a look at one of their predecessors:
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Oct 26, 2017 4:37:52 GMT
For a moment there, I was wondering if Ian had put out a new video already and panicked a bit until I realized it was from last year; whew~ Top comment really says it all: more complex than a Greek wedding.
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Post by RickDastardly on Oct 26, 2017 13:59:20 GMT
Amazing! Thanks for posting that.
I always tend to think that flintlocks were quite primitive and that more mechanised things didn't start happening until the percussion caps came in.
Wrong! Pistols like this were developed in the 17th century.
Mind you, I'm not sure I would like to fire one of those all loaded up with powder...
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Post by legacyofthesword on Oct 27, 2017 4:05:20 GMT
Top comment really says it all: more complex than a Greek wedding. Mind you, I'm not sure I would like to fire one of those all loaded up with powder... I think the possibility of mechanical failure (with the added hazard of the whole thing going off like a grenade in your hand, complete with lead balls for shrapnel) was what kept these sort of mechanisms from taking the firearms world by storm.
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Post by bluetrain on Oct 27, 2017 11:14:30 GMT
Flintlocks are more complicated than cap locks and in turn, wheel locks were more complicated than flintlocks. There were revolvers before Sam Colt designed his first one but his were more successful (though not so much the first one). I believe his smaller caliber revolvers always sold in larger numbers than the full-size models, too. There were also multi-barrel firearms, too, as there still are today. And most appropriately for this forum, firearms combined with a knife or sword.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Oct 27, 2017 11:55:38 GMT
Don't forget matchlocks! Germany ca. 1580, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
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Post by treeslicer on Nov 19, 2017 4:57:00 GMT
There was even a British flintlock predecessor of the Gatling, the Puckle gun. Unfortunately, it was complicated, and slow to fire.
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Post by harrybeck on Nov 19, 2017 5:53:08 GMT
I once had all 6 chambers go off at once on an 1860 army. That was a surprise!
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Post by treeslicer on Nov 19, 2017 12:31:06 GMT
I once had all 6 chambers go off at once on an 1860 army. That was a surprise! Yep. Chainfires reduced the popularity of the Colt revolving rifle (and the Remington revolving carbine), compared to breechloaders. Having your choices limited to firing offhand, or risk losing your left hand, would tend to do that.
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Post by Striderfly on Dec 18, 2017 23:58:40 GMT
If I could have pistol crafted in the style of an 18th century Italian flintlock but had a magazine in front of the trigger and shot like a 45 acp,that would be nice. I'll take 2.
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Post by bluetrain on Dec 19, 2017 11:45:45 GMT
Some of the early autoloaders were pretty close to that description. Some were in .45 ACP, too.
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