How do you like pepper boxes ?

[fernando]

Hi Rich,
Thank you for entering the Forum via this thread.

Originally Posted by Rich

... pepperboxes were basically regarded as explosives more likely to harm the user than who was being shot at. Seems it was common for all the cylinders to fire at once ...

Well, that's an (other) aproach, that of such collector.
At a certain stage, most (all?) pioneering firearms were dangerous to the user ... one way or another. I don't recall any stories about pepperboxes blowing in the user's face, but i don't exclude such probability; although such things could have easier happened with a generation much earlier than the model posted here.
OTHH, the evolution of hand guns undoubtfully passed through this type of weapons. As said in the first post, these were the ancestors of the ever lasting revolver.
Besides, the issue here is how charming and mechanicaly interesting they could be; no shooting required, just collecting purposes ... well, at least in my case
Fernando