High Capacity Revolvers

Started by Drayton Calhoun, May 12, 2011, 06:40:21 PM

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Drayton Calhoun

May 12, 2011, 06:40:21 PM
  Saw a pic online of what appears to be a Pettingill D/A with a contraption on it that carries eight, count'em, eight, six shot cylinders. It appears that the device is manually indexed by a modified loading lever rig. It now qualifies as the weirdest device I have ever seen. I was wondering if it is allowed to post the pic in here?
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

Pettifogger

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May 12, 2011, 07:00:26 PM
Heck yeah you can post a pic.  Looking forward to seeing it.

Drayton Calhoun

#2
May 12, 2011, 07:26:34 PM
Ok, here it is...
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

Pettifogger

#3
May 12, 2011, 07:35:52 PM
Really neat.  Not a Pettingill though as it has an outside hammer.

Drayton Calhoun

#4
May 12, 2011, 07:41:13 PM
Quote from: Pettifogger on May 12, 2011, 07:35:52 PM
Really neat.  Not a Pettingill though as it has an outside hammer.
Dang, how'd I miss that  :-[ A Butterfield, perhaps? I saw a post on another forum that suggested that it might be a 'Steampunk' prop. I think it could go either way. No, not a Butterfield, the hammer looks familiar, just can't place it.
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

bowiemaker

#5
May 12, 2011, 08:09:18 PM
I don't get it. It's an open top revolver but the cylinders rotate in from the bottom. What holds the gun together?
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Drayton Calhoun

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May 12, 2011, 08:17:45 PM
Quote from: bowiemaker on May 12, 2011, 08:09:18 PM
I don't get it. It's an open top revolver but the cylinders rotate in from the bottom. What holds the gun together?
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

litl rooster

#7
May 12, 2011, 08:52:34 PM
not a great choice for conceal carry
Mathew 5.9

Drayton Calhoun

#8
May 12, 2011, 09:10:35 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on May 12, 2011, 08:52:34 PM
not a great choice for conceal carry
Or fast draw...
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

bowiemaker

#9
May 12, 2011, 09:24:18 PM
A chain fire would look like the fourth of July though.
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Fox Creek Kid

#10
May 12, 2011, 09:26:08 PM
19th century "Streetsweeper!!!"  ;D :D ;)

john boy

#11
May 12, 2011, 09:32:46 PM
QuoteWhat holds the gun together?
Looks like the brass bar under the barrel resting in a 'V' cradle and lock in the front with the arm connected to the wheel.  Presume there is a bolt pin on the end of the brass bar
Kind of neat - never saw a curio like this before
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Sir Charles deMouton-Black

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May 13, 2011, 12:08:51 AM
Pure Steampunk ;D
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Forty Rod

#13
May 13, 2011, 12:30:46 AM
It would take a whole cow to make a holster for that thing.

Hammer looks like it came from an Allen DA pepperbox.
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Drayton Calhoun

#14
May 13, 2011, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: Forty Rod on May 13, 2011, 12:30:46 AM
It would take a whole cow to make a holster for that thing.

Hammer looks like it came from an Allen DA pepperbox.
That's where I recognize the hammer from. Gotta agree with Sir Charles. Looks awfully Steampunk, but, where are the wires and tubing and copper plates etc.? Regardless, looks about as practical as a laser sight on a Brown Bess.
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

Pettifogger

#15
May 13, 2011, 09:25:15 PM
Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is Steampunk?

WaddWatsonEllis

#16
May 13, 2011, 10:26:20 PM
Geez, Pettifogger,

It is SO nice to have an answer for you rather than the other way around ..... and Wikipedia has a nice little article on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
My moniker is my great grandfather's name. He served with the 2nd Florida Mounted Regiment in the Civil War. Afterward, he came home, packed his wife into a wagon, and was one of the first NorteAmericanos on the Frio River southwest of San Antonio ..... Kinda where present day Dilley is ...

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." John Wayne
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Sir Charles deMouton-Black

#17
May 13, 2011, 11:37:37 PM
Quote from: WaddWatsonEllis on May 13, 2011, 10:26:20 PM
Geez, Pettifogger,

It is SO nice to have an answer for you rather than the other way around ..... and Wikipedia has a nice little article on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

You Gotter Otter! ;D 8)
NCOWS #1154, SCORRS, STORM, BROW, 1860 Henry, Dirty Rat 502, CHINOOK COUNTRY
THE SUBLYME & HOLY ORDER OF THE SOOT (SHOTS)
Those who are no longer ignorant of History may relive it,
without the Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
With apologies to George Santayana & W. S. Churchill

"As Mark Twain once put it, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

bowiemaker

#18
May 14, 2011, 12:05:38 AM
I had to look it up too.
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Pettifogger

#19
May 14, 2011, 01:08:39 AM
I read the Wiki blub and still don't understand what its supposed to be.
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