kBob
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currently a Pedersoli side by side percussion .58 on Gun Broker.
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Is there a market for a MULTI-SHOT BP RIFLE?
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zimmerstutzen
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this one has a surprise
D. Buck Stopshere
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The difficulty with double or triple barrel rifles is the weight. My Leonard Day rifle/shotgun (.54 cal/16 gauge) weighed in at 13 pounds.
Then, there is the manufacture's willingness to regulate the barrels to shoot about the same point of aim. Sometimes, time is not on their side, and regulating is left to the customer to do.
On a day with no wind, the first shot will cloud the shooter's vision and may not offer the advantage of that second barrel delivering.
Then, there is the manufacture's willingness to regulate the barrels to shoot about the same point of aim. Sometimes, time is not on their side, and regulating is left to the customer to do.
On a day with no wind, the first shot will cloud the shooter's vision and may not offer the advantage of that second barrel delivering.
CraigC
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A Colt 1855 replica would be interesting.
kBob
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D. Buck,
re: regulation of typical side by side or over under barreled guns.
That is the "good" thing about the twist or swivel barrel guns. Each barrel has its own sights, so no need to regulate the barrels.
I googled looking for info on the cheapo Century Arms gun I had mentioned and never really found one of the old adds (and some may recall a couple of years back I threw out near enough half a ton of 1968 forward gun magazines....and am regretting it on one hand and busily refilling the space on the other) What I did find was that such guns were not as uncommon in the 1700's as I thought.
No doubt they are heavy.....but not as heavy or unwieldy as TWO guns of the same caliber and capability.
That men like Tim Murphy did carry them in the 1770's for hunting, exploring and war must mean they had some value.
-kBob
re: regulation of typical side by side or over under barreled guns.
That is the "good" thing about the twist or swivel barrel guns. Each barrel has its own sights, so no need to regulate the barrels.
I googled looking for info on the cheapo Century Arms gun I had mentioned and never really found one of the old adds (and some may recall a couple of years back I threw out near enough half a ton of 1968 forward gun magazines....and am regretting it on one hand and busily refilling the space on the other) What I did find was that such guns were not as uncommon in the 1700's as I thought.
No doubt they are heavy.....but not as heavy or unwieldy as TWO guns of the same caliber and capability.
That men like Tim Murphy did carry them in the 1770's for hunting, exploring and war must mean they had some value.
-kBob
kBob
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Zimmershutzen,
Well that is "different"
I do not want to be in the same Zimmer with you when you shutzen that one!
A chain fire would be "interesting" ( in a Chinese way) as well.
You Knee Cue.
Thanks for sharing.
-kBob
Well that is "different"
I do not want to be in the same Zimmer with you when you shutzen that one!
A chain fire would be "interesting" ( in a Chinese way) as well.
You Knee Cue.
Thanks for sharing.
-kBob
kBob
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CraigC,
Yeeeeesssss.....a root carbine like the one the Hungarian compares to a modern Remington WOULD be interesting.
I sometimes wonder if his buddies and he raided a few museums when things fell apart.
Savage made a .36 carbine that used the same cylinder camming system as their later handgun revolvers to give supposedly a pretty good seal in about 1858. It was the gun the money was originally raked together to start the company with. I think they were just too expensive for most folks of the time.
The Belgians did some "Colt type" carbines based on the 1851 pistol action rather than Root's designs. Nicer stock design than the Root carbine or Remington 1866 for two handed use I think Imagine the pistol grip stock on an 03A3 rifle ( not the musket or scant stock).
Hmmm one of those 12 inch barreled Brass .44 1851 "Colt" type revolvers may have some use after all...........
-kBob
Yeeeeesssss.....a root carbine like the one the Hungarian compares to a modern Remington WOULD be interesting.
I sometimes wonder if his buddies and he raided a few museums when things fell apart.
Savage made a .36 carbine that used the same cylinder camming system as their later handgun revolvers to give supposedly a pretty good seal in about 1858. It was the gun the money was originally raked together to start the company with. I think they were just too expensive for most folks of the time.
The Belgians did some "Colt type" carbines based on the 1851 pistol action rather than Root's designs. Nicer stock design than the Root carbine or Remington 1866 for two handed use I think Imagine the pistol grip stock on an 03A3 rifle ( not the musket or scant stock).
Hmmm one of those 12 inch barreled Brass .44 1851 "Colt" type revolvers may have some use after all...........
-kBob
Panzerschwein
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I'd love to see a repro of the M1855 Colt revolving rifle. I'd buy one, most def!! 
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!!kBob
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Back in BC time (Before Children) the wife had some legal business in San Fan-gango. We stayed in one of the big old Hotels that sort of survived the Great fire and I wasted a day finding out the Presido had been gutted of its military museum a few months earlier when the Army gave it to the city (a cruel hoax on a guy from Florida that dreamed of it on that long, long flight)
In the hopes of recovering some historical value from the trip (I was a social studies teacher at the time) I rode every street car line (talk about "shakey-cam") and then hopped off at one of the turnabouts dow by the bay. After wading through street performers I visited some marintine stuff here and there and commenced walking among the shops.
From across the street I saw on a shop wall a Root rifle!
Holding onto my wallet and valuables I made my way across stream to the shop it was in. I maintained a stare on the Root least it evaporate before I arrived. I was well in the shop and had an attached sales man that had already determined what video camera brand and model I had and what the most profit worthy item that fit it in the shop I absolutely needed when a great sadness fell over me.
It was in fact a zinc Japanese "non- gun." It was the only gun related thing in the shop. On my way out, with the excited sales person having switched to a different accessory I could surely use on my visit to SF I noted the only none smiling idiotically non highly animated person in the shop. He tended to watch the salesmen rather than the customers and was parked next to the register. He gave a some what nasty smile and said "My rifle got another I see." In a brief conversation it turned out he the shop owner had an interest in such things, had wanted a Root and that "toy" was the best he could do. He had originally put it up in the hopes of attracting some one who might have a lead on a nice real one, but it had served to bring "a couple a week" of folks like me, many of whom could not ignore the leaping puppy like salesmen and left with piles of good deals on camera equipment.
You know I am surprised no one has called for a section on THR in Tools and Tech for "non-guns"
-kBob
In the hopes of recovering some historical value from the trip (I was a social studies teacher at the time) I rode every street car line (talk about "shakey-cam") and then hopped off at one of the turnabouts dow by the bay. After wading through street performers I visited some marintine stuff here and there and commenced walking among the shops.
From across the street I saw on a shop wall a Root rifle!
Holding onto my wallet and valuables I made my way across stream to the shop it was in. I maintained a stare on the Root least it evaporate before I arrived. I was well in the shop and had an attached sales man that had already determined what video camera brand and model I had and what the most profit worthy item that fit it in the shop I absolutely needed when a great sadness fell over me.
It was in fact a zinc Japanese "non- gun." It was the only gun related thing in the shop. On my way out, with the excited sales person having switched to a different accessory I could surely use on my visit to SF I noted the only none smiling idiotically non highly animated person in the shop. He tended to watch the salesmen rather than the customers and was parked next to the register. He gave a some what nasty smile and said "My rifle got another I see." In a brief conversation it turned out he the shop owner had an interest in such things, had wanted a Root and that "toy" was the best he could do. He had originally put it up in the hopes of attracting some one who might have a lead on a nice real one, but it had served to bring "a couple a week" of folks like me, many of whom could not ignore the leaping puppy like salesmen and left with piles of good deals on camera equipment.
You know I am surprised no one has called for a section on THR in Tools and Tech for "non-guns"
-kBob
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