Ideas: "Steampunk" Carry Gun

[w_houle]

...so you become the rear sight

In Russia: Gun sights you?

 

[nachosgrande]

.44 on top, 16 gauge on bottom. Oh yeah, the Lemat is the original steam punk gun.

 

[Cosmoline]

It should have a pneumatic launch tube on the bottom to be truly steampunk.

 

[dovedescending]

Are there any semiautos that could be considered steampunky?

 

[armoredman]

Actually, that's pretty good idea, Cosmo, convert your LeMat to launch cut down cross bow bolts from the shotgun bore, fit a nice brass tube to the rear end of it, mated to to a rubber line, braced with leather and with brass fittings of course, to a belt carried compressed air tank, with all the appropriate dials, gauges, and polished brass. Install an additional pressure switch above the trigger to release an air blast to lauch the cross bow bolt, extra points if it can be made into a grappling hook and carry a line.

 

[Yo Mama]

ok, never posted a pic in all my time here, so here it goes:

FF8

 

[Yo Mama]

Steampunk_Weapons_Catalog_by_gollumsalterego:

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/017/3/b/Steampunk_Weapons_Catalog_by_gollumsalterego.jpg

 

[dovedescending]

Wow... are those some manner of blunderbus?

 

[kenno]

Dude reduce the size of your files!
Looks like lamp parts stuck together!

 

[dovedescending]

Looks like lamp parts stuck together!

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Yet somehow still more elegant than a Sten...

 

[Cosmoline]

yo mama--RESIZE!!

 

[RyanM]

A Bristlen a Morges rifle would be a good candidate for steampunking. Just needs some dials and gears. http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/?item=ArmiCategoriaDettaglio&CategoriaId=130&lang=en

I'm also very partial to the old Remington Zig Zag derringer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Zig-Zag_Derringer

I wish someone would make a modern reproduction.

 

[hatchetbearer]

now i want a lemat chambered in .44 mag/and 20ga.

 

[USAFRetired]

I would think a Confederate Navy black powder revolver would be a good starting point. Big, heavy, lots of brass. Kits are relatively cheap.

Add some external do-dads....

BTW, Steampunk was one of the major production design considerations behind the look of Warehouse 13. (Syfy Channel)

 

[Yo Mama]

How do I resize? It came off a direct link. I was somewhat embarrased when i saw how big they were.

 

[Cosmoline]

I would download, use paint or any other program, and just shrink them down. Then you can upload them to THR. In the meantime you need to delete your links because the thread is all messed up.

Or alternately just delete them and post the link, which is prob. the easiest.

 

[Yo Mama]

^ yeah, I figured that would be the only way. Should be linked now. Thanks for the help.

 

[Cosmoline]

Thanks man. It's an interesting set of props, but you know it would be pretty easy to do most of those as real black powder firearms. The selection of brass barrels is somewhat limited, but you can find them with some hunting.

 

[Dnaltrop]

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/29/diy_centrifuge_weapo.html

Scale it up, put it in a nice thick brass drum(at least on the outside), use compressed air...(or just deal with batteries and a good motor)

 

[RevolvingGarbage]

I would download, use paint or any other program, and just shrink them down. Then you can upload them to THR. In the meantime you need to delete your links because the thread is all messed up.

Or alternately just delete them and post the link, which is prob. the easiest.

I find the fastest easiest way to upload is this website. You don't have to have an account or anything, you can upload multiple photos at once, and it will even re-size them to several convenient sizes for you as they upload.

If anyone has ever played Bioshock or Bioshock II, that whole game is Steampunk themed, and the guns are spectacularly done.

 

[USAFRetired]

I use PIXresizer for any kind of image resizing. Works great. It's free.

http://download.cnet.com/PIXresizer/3000-12511_4-10607499.html

 

[Gritacular]

Is it really "steampunk" if it is actually from the age of steam?

 

[Dr.Rob]

Steampunk as a genre glaringly ignores the fact that firearms design was pretty darn cutting edge in the period. The 'inventions' of authors included 'wind up' submachineguns (using a large key like you'd stick in a monkey playing cymbals) or a 'Russian Rocket Pistol' which was essentially a 40mm single shot grenade launcher.

What do you see at parties? Custom painted Nerf guns.

To me, the most elegant of the real weapons of the era are the Colt 1878 DA revolvers.. they sort of 'look' English/European but had the best of American technology behind them. One COULD argue a Borchardt is more in keeping with the 'gee-whizzedness' of the literary form, reliable auto pistols were not too far down the road.

 

[LoneCoon]

1873 Chamelot-Delvigner

There's a steam punk gun for you.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Interesting stuff, this steampunk world. I never heard of it until today. Old and out of touch I guess.

+1, which is funny, because I really liked watching Wild Wild West re-runs as a kid in the early and mid 70s.