Dudemeister
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A while back I started a thread about weird revolvers, but it drifted of the original subject, revolvers, into the more esoteric stuff like the Gyrojet.
I'd like to keep this thread about revolvers. The stranger the better. The impetus for this thread were some comments about the usefulness or purpose of some guns like the Chiappa Rhino.
Well, suffice it to say, the Chiappa is not the only gun of it's kind, the Mateba was another, although both guns were designed by the same guy. But they were not the only one that saw the usefulness of guns with a lower bore axis.
The Russians did so before them. Check out the AEK-906 "Nosorog". Chambered in 9mm, fires from the bottom cylinder. Designed in the early 90's, some 5 years before the Mateba and 15 years before the Chiappa. BTW, Nosorog means "rhinoceros" in Russian. I don't know if that is a name that was attributed originally or later, but it can't be coincidence, can it?
And here is what is another bottom firing revolver, which the manufacturer claims is THE most power handgun in the world, the Rsh-12. This beast chambers a 12.7x55 assault rifle cartridge. It's till in use by the Russian military, and believed to be used in busting locks
So this is it for starters. Let's see what other weird stuff is out there (not necessarily bottom firing revolvers), but let's keep it to the revolver family.
I'd like to keep this thread about revolvers. The stranger the better. The impetus for this thread were some comments about the usefulness or purpose of some guns like the Chiappa Rhino.
Well, suffice it to say, the Chiappa is not the only gun of it's kind, the Mateba was another, although both guns were designed by the same guy. But they were not the only one that saw the usefulness of guns with a lower bore axis.
The Russians did so before them. Check out the AEK-906 "Nosorog". Chambered in 9mm, fires from the bottom cylinder. Designed in the early 90's, some 5 years before the Mateba and 15 years before the Chiappa. BTW, Nosorog means "rhinoceros" in Russian. I don't know if that is a name that was attributed originally or later, but it can't be coincidence, can it?
And here is what is another bottom firing revolver, which the manufacturer claims is THE most power handgun in the world, the Rsh-12. This beast chambers a 12.7x55 assault rifle cartridge. It's till in use by the Russian military, and believed to be used in busting locks
So this is it for starters. Let's see what other weird stuff is out there (not necessarily bottom firing revolvers), but let's keep it to the revolver family.
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