What peculiar firearm have you seen/owned

[KBintheSLC]

I have the original Dennis the Menace slingshot. Pics coming soon.

 

[Avenger]

The most peculiar I have seen fired was a multiple-barrel matchlock hand cannon. It had 6 sequential barrels of about 7/16in, arranged with a very slight fan between the barrels. What was neat was that it fired them all from one trigger pull. The stock was a simple pole that the barrels screwed onto. It looked very much like a rake, and probably would have been used against charging troops or cavalry.

The most peculiar that I've actually fired was a black powder blunderbuss. The charge was, "About triple what'd you throw in a musket" according to the owner, and the shot was about a billion BBs. It kicked HARD, and pretty much defoliated the backstop. Basically, what we're talking here is a black-powder Claymore mine with a stock. At 50 feet, the shot pattern had to be the best part of 15 feet wide.

 

[Officers'Wife]

The most 'peculiar' as in different would have been the Mauser rifle that my Gramps had. It was an actual military issue from some Asian country & chambered for the 45-70 government cartridge.

My Gramps had a bad habit of shooting suckers, carp and other variaties of "trash" fish. He like the 45-70 because the ball would be accurate in relatively deep drainage ditches.

Selena

 

[Rilowe]

Silver Plated Baby Hammerless

My Dad passed this on to me explaining that it was chambered in .22 short and was normally tucked into a lady's bodice for protection.
It's awfull tiny and would hide 'most anywhere.
(Dad never would tell me how he came to have it).

 

[Working Man]

I have a Mateba in .44 Magnum. Thats about as "peculiar" as I have.

 

[woerm]

.35 Borchardt rifle

Borchardt designed a number of tube fed rimfire rifle/carbines while geeking for Winchester.

You can see the toggle that became the Luger (from the Borchart c93)

It is a real clunker when you have to cock the gun, cycle the toggle up and move the ammo ramp up then cycle the toggle down (all manually, think adding 4 steps to running the Remmington rolling block) the gun is stout as all get out and was designed to use the rimfire .35 that equated to the cartridge conversions of .36 black powder pistols.

the one I got to handle balances like a dream and I can see why Borchardt did the design that way but it isn't a 'fast firing at all'

when the toggle was floated and spring operated it becomes wicked fast though. See Borchardt carbine/Luger pistol.

 

[Mr White]

Saw a big-a$$ punt gun at a Ripley's Museum in TN and have seen peculiar guns too numerous to mention at the NRA Museum in VA.

 

[RonE]

I have heard of a pistol, possibly made by S&W for the CIA that was quite small and had no sights but rather a three sided funnel affair on top for sights. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Does anyone know what it is called or have a picture of it?

 

[rocklocker2]

friend of mine has a 41 swiss rimfire.has dual firing pins