[BillinNH]

Is there such a thing? There have been plenty of one and two shot derringers, Sharps made several four shot pepper pots, there are buckets of 5 and six round revolvers, seven and eight rounders are no longer a rarity and nine and ten round rimfire revolvers have been around for ages.

Didn't anyone ever make a three round handgun, derringer, revolver or similar?

Just curious.

Bill

[kle]

juuuust enough gun for a Mozambique drill, eh?

Well, in a derringer, for the space occupied by two barrels side by side, and one more barrel on top (in a triangle format) you could...put one more barrel in there to make it your usual 4-shot...

Or you could go with the Dardick Tround (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardick_tround)...

[The Lone Haranguer]

Interesting question. :) But I too am unable to recall, off the top of my head, any "three-shooters." ;)

[BillinNH]

Interesting link on the Dardick, new to me. But I was really thinking of cartridges that were round in cross section ;-)

[kle]

well, there were adapters for standard round cartridges for the Dardick.

But no, I can't think of any 3-shooters, either.

[Jim Watson]

The Marston Three Barrel Derringer, .22 and .32 calibers in the 1850s, 60s, 70s.
Most of the .22s had a sliding retractable bayonet to boot.

[armoredman]

Pic?

[theotherwaldo]

Google it.

Here's a pic from an auction site:
http://san1.atlanta.gbhinc.com/GB/099024000/99024988/pix2141007109.jpg

[BillinNH]

Thanks for the tip on the Marston. I used it to refine my google search and found this excellent site http://home.hetnet.nl/~f2h80244815/ which has the Marston and a three barrel Manhattan of a different configuration.

See thumbnail.

OK, so there are at least two "three-shooters".

Anyone know af anything with more than ten rounds?

Bill

[Jim Watson]

Yes.

[BillinNH]

Jim Watson says Yes.

LOL! Aw, c'mon, Jim, don't leave us hanging. Watcxha got?

Bill

[HammerBite]

Lefaucheux (http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20francaise/artisans%20k%20l/a%20lefaucheux%2020%20coups%20gb.htm). High capacity isn't anything new!

[Jim Watson]

Nevermind.

[BillinNH]

Re the Lefaucheux:

1. Good Lord!

2. When you pulled the trigger, did both barrels fire or just one?

3. I wonder how heavy the DA trigger pull was.

And to think I thought the 1895 Nagant was weird.

Bill

[HammerBite]

Note that there is an error on the page to which I provided a link. It states that the cylinder arrangement is two rings, one of 11 chambers and one of 10. This is incorrect.

Exerpt from Miller, David: The Illustrated Directory of Guns, Collin Gower Enterprises, 2005:
It is chambered for 7.65mm pinfire and is an open-frame design with twin barrels and a cylinder which houses twenty rounds in two concentric rows. The hammer has two tips [sic] and fires the rounds from each row alternatively.
The beast is single-action.