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Posted on 12/02/2008 5:31:53 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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Photos at URL, Very unusual multishot pistol.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
“Apparently this is an unique pistol.”
Understatement of the month!
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:37:03 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:37:57 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
YOU shoot it. I'll hold your beer and watch from a distance.
/johnny
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:39:06 PM PST
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Holy crap! That looks like a gun crossed with a clarinet!!!Thanks for posting!
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:40:53 PM PST
by
TheConservativeParty
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why the ship was built." by The First Gal of AK)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:41:27 PM PST
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: nevergore
Metal Storm Version 1.0Not too far off if the design is a single barrel with alternately loaded charges and bullets. A flash hole for each bullet would do the job although the loss in pressure for each subsequent round might be significant. Metal Storm avoids the pressure problem with electric ignition.
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:50:02 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
I love the Metal Storm concept, this confederate gun would scare the bejeebers out of me to fire.
Cross spark ignition would be an explosive experience.....
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:51:58 PM PST
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
12/02/2008 5:52:25 PM PST
by
unkus
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I saw a diagram of a rifle like this in a book when I was in fourth grade or so. I think the idea is to load powder,then ball,then powder,then ball, four times, stacked in one barrel. Then cap all four, and pray that the caps line up with the charges. Then fire from front to rear. Not me, thanks.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Hmmmmm? I wonder if the inventor was one of those guys that fired this weapon once,and was buried on the next day?
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posted on
12/02/2008 6:03:57 PM PST
by
Bringbackthedraft
(Liberals fear the return of Mrs Cleaver.)
To: nevergore
>>>
I love the Metal Storm concept,....<<< Yeah...so do I. I loved it so much I bought a bunch of stock. Many moons ago.
It is now $.37 - ahhhh, lets just say not enough others loved it between what I paid and what it is now.
Still have it...still hoping!!!
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posted on
12/02/2008 6:06:19 PM PST
by
HardStarboard
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
To: Bringbackthedraft
I looked at the picture again and saw that the barrel is bent downward. I'll bet the first time that thing chain fired was the last time it was ever fired.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
12/02/2008 6:24:02 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer. - Ronald Reagan)
To: Seven plus One
I did some research on the double shot weapons because of a
L'Amour book that talked about the Walch 12 shot revolver.
The person who developed the double shot flint lock rifle (musket) had his brother killed by Indians.
There were two Indians, he killed the first but was killed
by the second while he was trying to reload.
He would rework a normal single shot musket by adding a second flint lock, powder pan and fire hole.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I’ve read about and seen a few photos of stacked charge, multishot firearms before.
The primary problem with them, and the reason for their lack of success in the market, was the tendency to chain fire.
In addition, if a center or last charge fired out of sequence, the gun could become jammed and/or explode. Not a good thing when you are depending on it for your life.
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posted on
12/02/2008 6:35:29 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: JRandomFreeper
YOU shoot it. I’ll hold your beer and watch from a distance.
LOL...Oh you bet...I can see this rig going off like a Roman Candle,and the shooter better hold on to it or it will chase him like a bottle rocket on steroids.
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posted on
12/02/2008 6:39:04 PM PST
by
coolbreeze
(giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
To: TheConservativeParty
Plaxico needs to get him one of these.
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posted on
12/02/2008 7:12:12 PM PST
by
flowerplough
("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Necessity being the mother of all invention. Fascinating site by the way, I burned up better than an hour perusing that guy’s goods. Wow. Thanks for posting.
To: flowerplough
Jim Rome was talking about Plaxico today. He had a good take on the incident.
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posted on
12/02/2008 7:48:58 PM PST
by
TheConservativeParty
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why the ship was built." by The First Gal of AK)
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