View Full Version : A cased seven barrel volley rifle by Henry Nock, 1796
Matchlock
12th November 2008, 03:20 PM
Not really the field that I plow but highly interesting, even for me.
Michael
celtan
12th November 2008, 05:51 PM
Mein Gott in Himmel!
Did these all fire concurrently?
What would something like this be designed for? A deck sweeper?
Atlantia
12th November 2008, 06:12 PM
Mein Gott in Himmel!
Did these all fire concurrently?
What would something like this be designed for? A deck sweeper?
Yup, its a crowd pleaser.
And any left standing wouldn't be able to see you running away through all the smoke!
Matchlock
12th November 2008, 07:15 PM
Actually, most of these seem to have been employed for hunting, probably on wildfowls, absurd though that might have been.
Colonel Thomas Thornton owned, among other multi barreled monsters, one that could be mounted with two sets of seven barrels each! It is not known whether it broke his ankle. :eek:
From Harold L. Peterson: The Book of the Gun, 1962, p. 192.
Michael
Atlantia
12th November 2008, 07:57 PM
OMG! Well, thats certainly a different interpretation of a 'sporting' gun! lol.
I must admit I always think of Richard Widmark in the Alamo!
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00018/alamo1_18851t.jpg
Norman McCormick
12th November 2008, 08:59 PM
Hi,
Check www.southessex.co.uk/weapons/nock.htm
Regards,
Norman.
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