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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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2) No Contemporary Politics Historical politics that influenced designs or adoption of designs are excluded from this rule. Acknowledgement of existing laws to explain designs is also permissable, so long as comments aren't in made to advocate or oppose a policy. Let's not make this a place where we battle over which color ties our politicians should have, or the issues of today.

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[–] peopleproblems 15 points 1 month ago

The longer I look at this, the more my wrist and thumb hurt

[–] over_clox 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How the hell did it align the bullets with the barrels without having a secondary trigger?

I swear I'm missing something here, seems like it should have been a 3 barrel or something like that..

[–] FireTower 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It looks like it indexes in between the two layers of the cylinder to make sure they are aligned.

[–] over_clox 6 points 1 month ago

Alright. What's the firing pin order?.. 🤔

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

Well, it's not 19th century BC

[–] theangryseal 2 points 1 month ago

This was my thought immediately. :p

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is stupid, what's the point if you can't fire all thirty at once?

[–] sploosh 5 points 1 month ago

You need to get the black powder version for that.