Trivia 8-22-16 Identify

[Trivia Master]

Identify this object:

credit: @chellers

 

[Reb]

Harmonica pistol

 

[Copperhead-mi]

A Harmonica gun.

Edit - One of the sources presented with the official answer indicates that this was also known as a harmonica gun, so this is a correct answer.

Hoosier

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

Very interesting indeed!

Harmonica pistol or harmonica gun
An attempt to create a multi-shot pistol by adding a horizontal magazine—some variations held up to 10 percussion cap or pinfire cartridges—the harmonica gun was probably invented, and certainly patented, by a Frenchman, J. Jarre of Paris, between 1859-1862. No musical instruments were involved. The name came from the shape of the magazine, and the weapon was also called the "slide gun." An early manufacturer in the US was Jonathan Browning, father of firearms designer John Moses Browning. While looking like the sort of weapon a steampunk James Bond might carry, the harmonica gun proved too impractical for wide adoption. The user had to manually adjust the sliding magazine to center each cartridge under the hammer for every shot. The much easier and faster shooting revolver finally won the day. The mechanism wasn't limited to pistols—famed Texas Senator Sam Houston owned a percussion rifle (by Henry Gross) using a harmonica slide which is on display at the National Museum of American History.
source: http://listverse.com/2013/05/02/10-strange-civil-war-weapons/

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

If these interest you, you should check out the link I included; which has a double barrel cannon and other interesting weapons.

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

A harp pistol - OK, a Harmonica pistol. Made by Jarre.

Developed in Paris and patented in the U.S. in 1862, Alphone Jarre's "breech-bar" system used a horizontal arrangement of pinfire chambers to supply repeating fire, which could be put to use on pistols, rifles, and even cannons. In operation, the bar is pre-loaded with 10 pinfire cartridges, all secured in place with a spring-retained bar, and is then advanced from chamber to chamber left to right by a push arm connected to the double action trigger.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

A repeating pistol. (Looks like someone was trying very hard to avoid a revolver arrangement.)

Edit - It was a repeating pistol, but we were looking for a name that would distinguish this weapon from other types of repeating pistols.

Hoosier

 

[1stMN]

This weapon, commonly listed in "most bizarre weapons" lists is a harmonica gun. Invented by Jarre.

Source: http://io9.gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-bizarre-deadly-weapons-in-human-hist-1557461980

 

[Stony]

Harmonica Gun
source-http://civilwartalk.com/threads/unique-and-innovative-weapons-of-the-civil-war.75079/

 

[MRB1863]

Harmonica Pistol
An attempt to create a multi-shot pistol by adding a horizontal magazine—some variations held up to 10 percussion cap or pinfire cartridges—the harmonica gun was probably invented and certainly patented by a Frenchman, J. Jarre of Paris, between 1859-1862. No musical instruments were involved. The name came from the shape of the magazine, and the weapon was also called the "slide gun." An early manufacturer in the US was Jonathan Browning, father of firearms designer John Moses Browning. While looking like the sort of weapon a steampunk James Bond might carry, the harmonica gun proved too impractical for wide adoption. The user had to manually adjust the sliding magazine to center each cartridge under the hammer for every shot. Like VHS vs. Betamax, the much easier and faster shooting revolver finally won the day. The mechanism wasn't limited to pistols—famed Texas Senator Sam Houston owned a percussion rifle (by Henry Gross) using a harmonica slide which is on display at the National Museum of American History.

Source: http://listverse.com/2013/05/02/10-strange-civil-war-weapons/

 

[kholland]

It is a Harmonica gun, a multi-shot weapon with a horizontal magazine, invented by J. Jarre between 1859 and 1862. Now the Harmonica itself first appeared in Vienna, Austria in the 1820's. And it can only do damage to someone who has to listen to someone who can't play very well. Ask my cat!

 

[FarawayFriend]

That is the Harmonica pistol

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/unique-and-innovative-weapons-of-the-civil-war.75079/#post-505735
(thanks, @4th-MSM !)

http://listverse.com/2013/05/02/10-strange-civil-war-weapons/

 

[Blessmag]

triggered harmonica?

 

[Northern Light]

This an harmonica gun. .
My first attempt at trying to identify this object led me to where else but CivilWarTalk!
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/unique-and-innovative-weapons-of-the-civil-war.75079/Post 4.

 

[CheathamHill]

Harmonica guns, multi-shot weapons with a horizontal magazine, invented by J. Jarre between 1859 and 1862

http://io9.gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-bizarre-deadly-weapons-in-human-hist-1557461980

http://listverse.com/2013/05/02/10-strange-civil-war-weapons/

 

[Brenal]

Harmonica gun
sometimes called a Slide Gun

 

[Mike Serpa]

It is a photograph of a harmonica gun with a horizontal magazine.

 

[GELongstreet]

This is a Jarre harmonica pistol.

source: http://www.horstheld.com/0-Jarre.htm

 

[adisciu9]

Harmonica gun, multi-shot weapons with a horizontal magazine, invented by J. Jarre between 1859 and 1862

 

[UCVRelics]

Identify this object: Harmonica Pistol