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jdege
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Post subject: OK, what is this? Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:20 am |
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My POSSLQ and I visited the House on the Rock a few weeks back. I'd never been there before, and I hadn't known much about it. Among the myriad artifacts and constructions were a number of single-barreled long guns with multiple flint lock actions. I'd seem multiple locks on multi-barreled guns, but I'd never seen multiple locks on a single-barreled gun. Were these ever actually in use, or is this just another example of Alex Jordan's warped sense of humor? The place has a wide variety of firearms on display, some of which appear as if they could be authentic: And some of which are clearly whimsical: But those triple-locked guns struck my eye. There were a bunch of them, in many variants - different styles, different periods, some clearly works of fancy, and some looked like something someone found in an attic. Was anything of this sort ever actually used?
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Molasses
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:43 am |
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Can't speak as to whether or not those particular ones were for real, but there've been a number of muzzleloading designs that used superposed loads to get multiple shots from one barrel. Funnest ones to look at (IMO) used a moveable lock to fire at each position. Some resemblance to a flute or clarinet, what with the fittings and all. Of course, you did have to use the right type/amount of charge to get everything to line up right and they each needed to seal off from the one in front to keep from doing a multiple discharge...although I seem to recall a variation on the theme that used a ball with a hole through it packed with fuse-type filling to get a rapid fire effect (couldn't stop it from doing the whole chain once you started the ball rolling, though, on top of other issues)
The idea lives on in that MetalStorm stuff one keeps hearing about here and there.
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Rip Van Winkle
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:37 pm |
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jdege wrote: Among the myriad artifacts and constructions were a number of single-barreled long guns with multiple flint lock actions. I'd seem multiple locks on multi-barreled guns, but I'd never seen multiple locks on a single-barreled gun. Were these ever actually in use, or is this just another example of Alex Jordan's warped sense of humor? I would guess this was the creation of someone with far too much time and money on their hands. I would think there would too much of a chance of a catastrophic detonation if more than one charge ignited at once.
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Selurcspi
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:44 am |
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:14 am |
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:47 am |
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THAT was funny.
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:39 am |
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JimC
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Post subject: Re: OK, what is this? Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:03 pm |
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The silverware is in case the steak is a little to rare.
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