What The Heck ??

Philip · 15th July 2017, 06:44 PM

Wow, this is wild. More pics will certainly help, from various angles. At this point I share Fernando's reservation about the central barrel.

From a functional perspective, I find the design puzzling. The arrangement of barrels would require the shooter to keep track of which ones he fired as he rotates the thing in his hand. Wouldn't a volley ignited in sequence, from one end of a row of aligned touchholes (in an organ-pipe or harmonica arrangement), make more sense? Especially since such a weapon can't be aimed with any precision, so a hail of multiple shots going off rapidly might make more sense.

We've all seen examples of organ-pipe handguns and artillery pieces. I can't recall seeing something quite like this, with little barrels arranged as on a stalk of grain. Does anybody remember anything remotely similar from a long-ago thread?

15th July 2017, 06:44 PM	#5
Philip Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,036	Wow, this is wild. More pics will certainly help, from various angles. At this point I share Fernando's reservation about the central barrel. From a functional perspective, I find the design puzzling. The arrangement of barrels would require the shooter to keep track of which ones he fired as he rotates the thing in his hand. Wouldn't a volley ignited in sequence, from one end of a row of aligned touchholes (in an organ-pipe or harmonica arrangement), make more sense? Especially since such a weapon can't be aimed with any precision, so a hail of multiple shots going off rapidly might make more sense. We've all seen examples of organ-pipe handguns and artillery pieces. I can't recall seeing something quite like this, with little barrels arranged as on a stalk of grain. Does anybody remember anything remotely similar from a long-ago thread?