- Well this is the Walch but ..
Walch Navy Revolver.
https://flicense.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/walch-12-shot-percussion-revolver.html
.. and I reckon that it's bloody fascinating
- But I've been reading again, - and guess what I found in "FLAYDERMAN'S Guide" .. In 1862 a metallic cartridge revolver that used TWO 7 shot cylinders placed 'back-to-back' - I bet that you can't work that one out eh.
- I'm not joking (as I'm a serious Old Fart eh) - but:
Charles E Sneider had a great idea for a 14 shot metallic cartridge .22 Rim-Fire revolver.
On March 18, 1862, United States patent #34,703 was granted to C. E. Sneider for a revolver, illustration 63, with two 7-shot cylinders chambering small caliber rim-fire cartridges. The two cylinders were alike and were arranged breech to breech on a center pin having both ends alike. The cartridges in the forward cylinder pointed toward the revolver muzzle; those in the other cylinder pointed toward the shooter. A long hammer struck the rims of the cartridges in the forward cylinder. When those cartridges were all discharged, the cylinder pin was turned around so the un-fired cartridges in the other cylinder would come under the hammer. The gun was hinged at the bottom to permit dropping the barrel so the cylinders could be reversed.
So - there were at least TWO of them made .. (one points to the left .. the other to the right eh.)
Marty K.
And that's not the only one like it ! - There was a Gardner - a Philip, - an Orr, - and a 'Linberg & Phillips' .. all Two Cylinder Revolvers
Gardner Two Cylinder Revolver.
https://www.bevfitchett.us/firearms-curiosa/twocylinder-revolvers.html
Bev Fitchett calls them "freaks" - that's cheeky!
Have fun..
M.K.
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