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17th century Italian magazin gun system Lorenzoni

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A 17th century Italian magazin gun system Lorenzoni
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I have read descriptions of a similar gun using this system. One hopes that all goes well, and the seal is tight, otherwise you set off the whole magazine full of powder.
 
YEAH,,,but back then it probably would have gotten him out of chopping wood... :thumbsup:
 
In Louis Lamour's book Jubil Sacket, Jubil carries a pair of pistols by this maker. It is an interesting book and a very interesting gun. I would not want to be the one having to shoot it, but I'm sure it was a fantastic invention in its day. Even with modern methods of manufacture I would be scared to death of a system like that, one tiny leak and you might as well kiss you know what good buy.
 
The latest version of that design had the powder magazine in a false ramrod, under the barrel, so if it blew it would merely blow the stopper out of the end and make a big whoof.

Saw a picture of one (in the Smithsonian?) that had blown up, and the mechanism was quite loose - it had been very well used before it blew. It was a pistol, and from the look of it the explosion might not have even hurt the shooters hand, since it blew out the top.

The force of the recoil shoved the rotating cylinder back against the opening to the powder magazine, so it was most tightly sealed just when you needed it to be, and there was a pretty long path for the flame to sneak through, all of which would have been greased.

So they were probably pretty safe. Nevertheless...
 
But not safe enough . I will not fire a fully loaded one .
Face it , if they were practical , they would have been made in large numbers .
In the history of guns there are successful designs found at battlefields and shops all over the world and unsuccessfull designs found only in expensive collections .
 
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