24 four shot pistol

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Another marvel from medical (or is it dental) science! With weapons like these, the cost of war will be too devasting and nations will resort to diplomacy instead of war. :rolleyes:

DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST [AUGUSTA, GA], April 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2

A New Weapon.

The Marion (N. C.) Express says that Dr. J. G. Patterson, of that place has invented a pistol which may be regarded as the ne plus ultra of revolvers. The editor says:
It is a twenty-four shooter, constructed upon so neat a plan, that we can carry it in our vest pocket, with little inconvenience. It has two tiars [sic] of tubes with twelve tubes in each tier, and so arranged that all the chambers can be fired without halting, except to depress the barrel, which is done in an instant, preparatory to the discharge of the second circle of chambers.
The Doctor has determined to put up a rifle on the same plan, which in the absence of cannon, could never be conquered. Each soldier might carry two or three loaded cylinders in his pocket, and when one round of 24 shots was fired, he could attach another cylinder in a moment, and continue his firing.
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At one point Winchester (IIRC) had a design for a revolver that used a duplex loading system and had two hammers (side by side) and theoretically would be a "twelve shooter." You loaded a charge, then ball, then a second charge, and a second ball -- right on top (!) of the first! As the hammers were side by side, so were the nipples, and each took the percussion cap's blast to a different depth inside the cylinder. The second cap's charge entered the chamber in front of the buried bullet. This would be set off first, of course.
I've forgotten the exact history of this; Winchester hired out the manufacturing of them, but something fell through and I don't think any of these were ever marketed.
 
Tommy, please note thar ain't many of them around no mo... The 2nd ball was supposed to with stand the blast from the first. Great idea, in theory.
 
There are even flinters made something like that.. A basic Roman Candle, but then sometimes the candle goes both ways at one time..
 
A primitive Katyusha-type of weapon. Take a steam engine, a wagon-truck chassis, and twenty four tubes each loaded with 12 pounder shells............the ultimate battlefield weapon to serve the Confederacy.
Too bad the Katyusha came so late.
 
Previous generations had many fine ideas but lacked the industrial capacity and materials to implement them. We are in the same position - watch out for the ray guns and blasters in the next 20 or so years!
 
You loaded a charge, then ball, then a second charge, and a second ball -- right on top (!) of the first! As the hammers were side by side, so were the nipples, and each took the percussion cap's blast to a different depth inside the cylinder. The second cap's charge entered the chamber in front of the buried bullet. This would be set off first, of course.
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Sounds like a Metalstorm. Probably the reason it failed is the same reason that Metalstorm is failing - nobody wants it.
 
Pics, please give us pictures! I have read about such devices and seen drawings of them. It is certainly an interesting topic for discussion here.


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Dirty Dave, that thing looks larger than some of my dumbells! Needless to say, only a brave man or a fool would attempt to shoot that monster. Thanks for the pic.


Timthinker
 
Only a 12 shooter.
Two barrels, and a double row of chambers in the cylinder.
Invented by "Lefty" VonPecker.
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I'd be interested to see an O/U double barrel revolver that fired the top and bottom chambers with each pull of the trigger, could be fun.
 
20 shot revolver

No kidding!Must fit in a heck of a holster.No need to carry a lot of ammo.Looks like it reads belgium made 32 cal. 20 shot .
 

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check this out a Pepperbox Blunderbus

An extremely desirable and possibly unique 6 shot self cocking top snap revolving perc. pepbx. Blunderbuss 28 1/2 inch, swamped brls 11 1/2, muzzle diam 1 1/4, by Beckwith, London, ldn pvd, steel hand grip beneath barrels, the stout bail ended ramrod clips into underside of butt, chqd small of stock, gwo and c much orig finish, small split in stock
 
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And here is another I just found.


John Walsch 10 shot double hammer superposed load percussion pistol - made by Winchester - .31 cal; 3.25" oct. barrel. - Relic-ish fair to poor condition. - Dark patina brass frame; heavily pitted barrel, cylinder & hammer. Missing trigger & probably other internal parts. Very good two piece wood grips are doubtless replacements. - Scarce & fascinating gun, only about 3,000 made at Oliver Winchester’s New Haven Arms Co. ca. 1860-1862, contemporary with the Henry rifle. - The cylinder has five long chambers. Each chamber would have two loads packed into it (powder, ball, powder ball). The rear of the cylinder has ten nipples, with one of the connected by an integral tube to the middle of the cylinder. The gun has two hammers, one for the load in the front of each chamber & one for the load in the rear. -
 
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look at this one. not a 24 shot but wow thats a bit scary to shoot

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A close-up of the action of a Colt Revolving Musket, actually a key weapon (even dangerous as they were to the user), in Colonel Grenville Dodge's 1st Brigade, 4th Division holding the line on the first day of the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern to you Lost Cause adherents).
 
Not too long ago, someone came up with a conversion of a K-38 S&W revolver that fired 12 shots, six .38 Special and six .22 LR. The .22 chambers were outside and between the .38 chambers, and the hammer had a flip type firing pin like the old Model 53, but with a bigger arc. There were two sets of cylinder notces and two barrels with the .22 barrel replacing the rib. IIRC, Guns and Ammo made a big thing out of it and did a couple of articles, but it was one of those ideas whose time never had been.

Jim
 
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