Unlike the Josselyn pistol (below) the bottom of the chain passed over a sprocket at the bottom the loop, preventing it swinging about this was the subject of British patent 1306 in 1858. The design was patented by Thomas Treeby in 1855, receiving British patent 1552 in 1855. 54 calibre cartridges that could be fired in rapid succession. The chain carried 14 rounds of percussion-triggered. Left: The Treeby fourteen-shot chain rifle: 1855 ETIENNE', with fore-sight fluted, twelve-shot cylinder smooth frame loading gate and extractor butt with wooden grip scales. This gun was sold at auction in Italy in 2018.ĭating: about 1870. The scale presumably represents 3 inches.
The gun has Birmingham proof marks, but otherwise is marked only 'No 1000' which suggests a prototype. Note that the centre of the cylinder has been machined out to reduce weight. The loading/ejection gate is to the left of the cylinder, and the ejector rod is under and to the side of the barrel. According to Taylerson, it had a spring safety-catch
The very odd Dardick revolvers (see below) were made in 11-shot and 15-shot versions.ĩmm (0.35 in) calibre pin-fire. 22 LR bullet is easily capable of killing or injuring humans." However it also says "As a defensive cartridge, it is considered inadequate by many,"
The cartridge is 0.22 LR (Long Rifle) According to Wikipedia ".a. This picture is a still from a YouTube video uploaded in 2015. This site is unimpressed with its potential to stop people. According to Wikipedia, the cartridge is used for hunting only. 22 Long Rifle (LR), both in diameter and length. The cartridge is 0.22 WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire) also known as 0.22 Magnum. Let us see:ħ-shot revolvers are not unusual, you can buy them today (if you live in the USA, anyway) from Smith & Wesson and TaurusĨ-shot revolvers are not unusual, likewise you can buy them from Smith & Wesson and Taurus. We immediately face the question of what is 'an unusually large number'. Let me say at once that I am by no stretch of the imagination am I a firearms expert if I get something wrong do please tell me. I am therefore being severely selective here, as this page only deals with revolvers capable of firing an unusually large number of shots without reloading. In more modern times, all sorts of odd firearms can be found by Google, or on YouTube. The classic book on the subject is Lewis Winant's 'Firearms Curiosa', published in 1956 by Arco Publishers. Ī 7mm Lefaucheux revolver used by Paul Verlaine to shoot and wound Arthur Rimbaud in 1873 sold with a price of €435,000 at a 2016 Paris auction.There are many guns that can be considered 'unusual'. The pistol was found, extremely corroded, in 1965 and is on display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It is thought likely that the gun with which the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh fatally shot himself in a field in 1890 was a 7mm Lefaucheux pinfire revolver. In 1858, the Lefaucheux pistolet-revolver became the first metallic-cartridge revolver to be adopted by a national government, becoming the standard sidearm of the French Navy. In 1846, the Lefaucheux system was improved upon by Benjamin Houllier, who introduced an entirely metallic cartridge of copper brass. Lefaucheux thus proposed one of the first practical breech-loading weapons. The Lefaucheux cartridge had a conical bullet, a cardboard powder tube, and a copper base that incorporated a primer pellet. This followed the pioneering work of Jean Samuel Pauly in 1808-1812. Lefaucheux is credited with the invention of one of the first efficient self-contained cartridge systems in 1836, featuring a pinfire mechanism. In 1832, he completed a drop-barrel sporting gun with paper-cased cartridges. He was born in Bonnétable and died in Paris.Ĭasimir Lefaucheux obtained his first patent in 1827. Casimir Lefaucheux ( French: 26 January 1802 – 9 August 1852) was a French gunsmith.
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