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Old 5th December 2013, 06:00 PM   #1
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Default Superimposed firearms

I couldn't find to much information on superimposed firearms on this forum, so i hope i am not repetetive

Not to much information from my side for the moment, only pictures i want to share. Hopefully this will spark some discussion




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Old 5th December 2013, 06:30 PM   #2
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The correct term is superimposed load firearms , just like the title of D.R. Baxer's standard reference work (hard to find and extremely (!) expensive - I paid 300 euro; a copy is in my own library).
P.S. I just noted it's offered at 180 € at abebooks ...

The reason of course is that the loads in these guns were superimposed, not the firearms themselves.


BTW, sometimes the SEARCH button on the forum is of some help - please see my threads:


http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...erimposed+load

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...erimposed+load

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...erimposed+load



Attached please find a scheme of the superimposed load principle of a four-barreled mid-17th c. wheellock carbine, from D.R. Baxter, 1966.




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Old 5th December 2013, 06:58 PM   #3
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Aaaah darn (sorry ) i knew i had seen something similiar before, sorry michael
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Old 5th December 2013, 07:56 PM   #4
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Hello:

Just to say that I think that the two arms of the beginning of the thread, are not superimposed loads, but two guns (barrel)

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Old 5th December 2013, 08:13 PM   #5
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Although I did not author this thread: exactly, Fernando K, thanks!
Of course these are locks from over-and-under-barrel guns, not from superimposed-load firearms.
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Old 5th December 2013, 08:55 PM   #6
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correct again, ouch not a good day for me.
The multiple bullets on a row configuration is know to me, but i doubt it was used to often. I read that the bullets tended to get stuck inside the barrel?
On the other hand, i have seen replica's beeing fired without trouble. (not because they where replica's but because there is a lot of sense in the idea).

if i remember correctly (and that is pretty hard for me today apparently) i recall a firearm which used a trail of gunpowder in the middle of 2 barrels. With multiple holes in the barrel with a corresponding load of powder and bullet lined up.
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