sourdough
Corporal
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Location
- Pe Ell, Washington
Not exactly a "derringer":
This is a 24-barrel percussion pepperbox revolver. It was made in the 1850s by a Belgian gun maker called Mariette. The user would load each barrel individually and then put a percussion cap on each of the nipples at the back of each barrel. While a 24-barrel specimen like this would take at least 40 minutes to load, it would only take a short time to fire.
I shudder at the clean-up time.
Jim
This is a 24-barrel percussion pepperbox revolver. It was made in the 1850s by a Belgian gun maker called Mariette. The user would load each barrel individually and then put a percussion cap on each of the nipples at the back of each barrel. While a 24-barrel specimen like this would take at least 40 minutes to load, it would only take a short time to fire.
I shudder at the clean-up time.
Jim
Bringing the