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This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

That thing looks like it's got almost a Brazilian barrels

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

That's gotta be heavy as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Might as well spray paint hydro dip that piece of shit. It looks like they made it in a car shop to begin with and there's not really much in the way of moving parts to fuck up. I bet operating it takes longer than reloading a double barrel.

[–] Sirico 8 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That's something you'd see in a zombie apocalypse game

[–] Francisco 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If one doesn't know how to count, shouldn't be allowed a firearm.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that center opening a barrel though? It looks like it's partially blocked

[–] FireTower 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don't think the center is a barrel. The more I look at it the more I think you're supposed to manually revolve the barrels. It seems like the top one might be designed to get hit by the external striker mechanism. But maybe there's some system inside the gun we can't see.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The mechanism likely also locks the barrel in place somehow, so you revolve with one hand and cock it with another. Compare it to this revolving zip gun that doesn't even bother with a trigger.

https://homemadeguns.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/revolverzipgun_b01.jpg

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's what I'm thinking too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Do we have a c/idiotswithguns?