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If anyone gets a chance to look at it on the newsstand, the current issue of AMERICAN HANDGUNNER has an article on the .577 revolvers from Britain in the Colonial period. It is by Hamilton BOwen, and discusses his work to make a modern version.
for the table of contents...
http://www.americanhandgunner.com/features.html
"That was good, Daddy"
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You're more then welcome! Rep!? I got Rep?! Woot!Originally Posted by Remjin
Edit: Woops! No I didn't.
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson (quoting Cesare Beccaria)
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I'm watching a show right now on the History Channel called "Sharp Shooters" that examines legendary shots (from the Old West, mostly) and then they try to re-enact them. It's pretty cool, they look at how hard ricochets really are, hitting two targets with two pistols simultaneously (ala Wild Bill Hickok) and should be getting into some of Annie Oakley's shots after the commercial. (link)
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What he said
To expand a bit...
I've seen guns like that one mentioned as occasional alternatives to Swivel guns on the rails of warships. Nasty anti-personnel weapons with a much longer range than the swivel guns. In siege situations they were employed on the walls, usually as counterbattery fire. Theres a record from the Revolutionary war where Washington calls out the specs he wants for his wall guns. It's pretty impressive... around a 1" bore, with a 7 foot barrel, supposedly accurate enough to hit a piece of parchment at 600 paces or some-such. I'll see if I can dig up the info.
Basically muckin' big mounted rifles to shoot enemy artillerymen and the occasional officer.
There are stories of faeries and banshees and the walking dead; but "the worst of them all," is the Fool of Forth, the Amadan-na-Briona, he whose stroke is, as death, incurable.
As to the fool in this world, the pity for him is mingled with some awe, for who knows what windows may have been opened to those who are under the moon's spell, who do not give in to our limitations, are not "bound by reason to the wheel."
Lady Gregory
"Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland"
Many talented Fool
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And if you like primitive gunpowder...
One of the greatest places EVAH!
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/
Learning this much about black powder is why I have guns in my FH setting...
There are stories of faeries and banshees and the walking dead; but "the worst of them all," is the Fool of Forth, the Amadan-na-Briona, he whose stroke is, as death, incurable.
As to the fool in this world, the pity for him is mingled with some awe, for who knows what windows may have been opened to those who are under the moon's spell, who do not give in to our limitations, are not "bound by reason to the wheel."
Lady Gregory
"Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland"
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Now fixed, you've been repped again. =)You're more then welcome! Rep!? I got Rep?! Woot!
Edit: Woops! No I didn't.
Many talented Fool
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From the above site, in case you didn't stumble across it....
The British Wall gun.
1" Bore, 54" barrel, 34 pounds. Barrel lugged to use a yoke pivot. One nice thing about these semi-portables is you could keep them down out of site behind the walls till it was time to shoot. Enough mounting points on the walls and you have a very flexible battery, in effect.
There are stories of faeries and banshees and the walking dead; but "the worst of them all," is the Fool of Forth, the Amadan-na-Briona, he whose stroke is, as death, incurable.
As to the fool in this world, the pity for him is mingled with some awe, for who knows what windows may have been opened to those who are under the moon's spell, who do not give in to our limitations, are not "bound by reason to the wheel."
Lady Gregory
"Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland"
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In touring the cowboy hall of fame one comes across Anne's winchester.
Her smooth bore winchester.
Her smooth bore bird shot shooting winchester.
My western ideals crashed hard.
that right, one would not want to dissapoint the crowd and miss that glass.
just think what that meant when the kaiser desided to hold that glass. and she smile and shot it out of his hand.
Lord Ghee
"Alea iacta esto"
Millennial Master
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Okay, this is not a "gun" but rather some custom BULLETS.
They make even ME go
http://lehighbullets.com/products.asp?cat=10
Now, how could I affordably get a weapon to fire .510 bullets?
"That was good, Daddy"
Millennial Master
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Yet anotherrifle.
imagine a .470 nitro Express.
In a semi auto with 8 or 9 shots in the magazine!!
Talk about a Tyranosaur hunter!
I'm not sure I want to think about shooting that though!
http://458socomforums.com/phpBB2/vie...er=asc&start=0
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Okay, so I found a few more (couldn't rep gewing, have to spread some around) around the net... mostly fictional, but still, good times...
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and more... mostly from a cyberpunk site...
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And some more.. (I've been a bit busy).. there are tons more than this, but I only took time for these.. and mostly looked at pistols =)
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Some new revolvers I hadn't posted before... =) A Cylinder & Slide custom bowling pin gun, a french MR-93(?) which has some interesting lines to it.
Millennial Master
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The Manurhin pistols look pretty nice. I don't think I have ever handled one though.
THESE guys seem to think along the same lines I do.
http://www.municion.org/penna/7x23.htm
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