Obscure Gun Facts

**crashdive123** · 06-17-2008, 08:14 PM

Negative....

**Rick** · 06-17-2008, 08:20 PM

Swiss Landsknecht Handgun or European Handgun? I know that's not a ...bus.

**crashdive123** · 06-17-2008, 08:29 PM

Keep looking (gosh, I hope I haven't screwed this up)

**Rick** · 06-17-2008, 08:32 PM

I pulled the last one I know out of the bottom of the barrel. I know there were a lot of big guns at that time but as for shoulder arms, the Matchlock, Donderbus or the Handgun are the only ones I know of in that time frame. Anyone else?

**crashdive123** · 06-17-2008, 08:33 PM

I'll send it to you via PM in case there are other takers.

**FVR** · 06-17-2008, 08:42 PM

Rick,

Ya found me out. I know all about them.

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**Rick** · 06-17-2008, 08:44 PM

Oh, yea!! I've been in love with those every since I was a kid. I think those are about the coolest handgun ever!!!!!!

**crashdive123** · 06-17-2008, 08:52 PM

That is an awesome handgun Frank. Clint certainly helped in the modern popularity of em.

**FVR** · 06-17-2008, 09:02 PM

Thanks.

It's a sweet shooter, I got it in a trade. Guy did not know what he had, I did not know what he had till the gent from the website Rick posted contacted me.

I've gotten rid of all my cap n balls except for this one, just can't part with it. It was found in an old shed. The guy found it, soaked it in kerosene for a week, then cleaned it up and started shooting it. For an old gun, it sure shoots nice.

**nell67** · 06-17-2008, 10:32 PM

Arquebus???????????

**crashdive123** · 06-17-2008, 10:35 PM

Ding, ding, ding, ding.....you got it Nell.

**canid** · 06-17-2008, 10:40 PM

arquebus is probably it nell. at any rate, it is a firearm for which that is an accurate description.

**RBB** · 06-18-2008, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by Beowulf65

You got it.
The first significant lever-action design was the Spencer repeating rifle, a magazine-fed lever-operated breech-loading rifle designed by Christopher Spencer in 1860. It was fed from a removable seven-round tube magazine, enabling the rounds to be fired one after another, and which, when emptied, could be exchanged for another. Over 20,000 were made, and it was adopted by the United States and used during the American Civil War, marking the first adoption of a removable-magazine-fed infantry-and-cavalry rifle by any country.

Now What was the first bayonet?

Significant? Definition please. Volcanic lever action rifle was invented in 1854. It was significant in that it was the fore-runner of the Winchester lever action rifle.

Henry rifle also appeared in 1860 (like the Spencer).

**Rick** · 06-18-2008, 07:10 AM

arguebus was a new on me. I had to look it up. I much prefer the name hackbut. But then, that's just me.

**trax** · 06-18-2008, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by canid

that cartridge was developed in 1891 for the Mosin-Nagant rifle.

sorry, didn't see your edit.

There was an "also ran" developed in Russia called the Dugarov, (around the turn of the 20th century) which I found by googling Mosin-Nagent actually, it was what the fella was looking for. He's got some funny looking ammunition apparently and wasn't too sure about using it, but I found the ammunition online for him too, so he's going out to try it.

**Sam** · 06-18-2008, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by trax

There was an "also ran" developed in Russia called the Dugarov, (around the turn of the 20th century) which I found by googling Mosin-Nagent actually, it was what the fella was looking for. He's got some funny looking ammunition apparently and wasn't too sure about using it, but I found the ammunition online for him too, so he's going out to try it.

sounds like a productive day at work. lol

**trax** · 06-18-2008, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Sam

sounds like a productive day at work. lol

Actually, it's one of the few times that what I do here on the forum and what I do for a living coincided because this was an elderly Metis gentleman who still hunts for his family's dinner table and his concerns are part of the service my organization addresses, so yeah it worked out pretty cool.

I really shouldn't let work interfere with my time here, I know, but sometimes they're just so demanding