Gun that actually exist but sound made up
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Semmerling allowed for a silencer with no action cycling so the shot could be as quiet as possible.
Limited utility but a definite niche product.
Here's another interesting one that actually worked- the wheel lock. It's muzzleloading but not a flint in the conventional sense. After charging the barrel, the "wheel" was turned with a "spanner". The wheel is attached to a clockwork type spring internally that pulling the trigger allows it to spin. They usually were regulated to about a 1/4 turn. So after loading the barrel, "cocking" the wheel, priming the pan, the gun is ready to fire. To fire, the "hammer" is place down upon the wheel putting the pyrites in contact with the wheel. Pulling the trigger allows the wheel to spin 1/4 turn generating sparks into the pan igniting the priming and main charge. This exact same principle is still used today in a conventional wheel and flint lighter.
They are quite reliable but then as now, expensive to make.
They are quite reliable but then as now, expensive to make.
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Lafayette Gregory
Les-ter not Ly-Chester
Calcio Liberty 100 I know its not old but quite unusual. 100 rd mag
