Henry Nock

[gmww]

Anyone ever see one of these. It caught my attention when I was reading about early designs of unique actions.

Here is a photo of an existing single barrel gun from his work. I kind of put this in the just when you've thought you seen them all category.

 

[J.D.]

Boxlocks were somewhat common among those who could afford them. Just from memory, I believe the design goes back to the late 17th century, but I don't have my books here to check.

I am having a bad case of CRS, and can't remember the name of the two barreled action, but this was also somewhat common among those who could afford them, though less so than a single barrel boxlock.

Notice the joint just in front of the frizzens in the last photo, and the lug on the bottom of the barrel? These barrels screwed off for loading.

 

[gmww]

Ahh boxlock. I was wondering what to call that. It looked for the lack of another name to be an early design of an *nl*ne configuration. I've been googling Henry Nock's and apparently he was famous in England. At one point he was commissioned to build 10,000 rifles for the British army. They were flintlocks. Not sure of the design though.
http://www.answers.com/topic/wilkinson-sword?cat=biz-fin

 

[roundball]

Cool pics, thanks for sharing...
(Those flints look really long for the lock size)

 

[gmww]

Your welcome Roundball. I try to post the unusual ML or Old guns I come across. Just like that flintlock revolver I posted. Pretty interesting stuff. I know if I post it here, someone will give us a history lesson. Great site isn't it. :thumbsup:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Very neat!!

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

The top gun is a tap action box lock. After firing the top barrel, you switched the sidelever to the lower barrel and were ready to shoot again. That's if everything went according to plan and all the parts were fitted nice and tight. If not you got both barrels going off together which was a bit of a surprise to you and your intended target!

 

If not you got both barrels going off together which was a bit of a surprise to you and your intended target!

Ah! Would that be the first case of chainfire? :hmm:
Steve

 

[gmww]

Actually you should see the Nock Volley gun. A flintlock rifle firing 7, 20" .50 cal bullets at once! 635 were made for the British Navy by Nock's son in law. If you check the thread in percussion rifles about Unusual Inline you'll see the photos and link to a youtube of one.

Now that's a chain fire!

 

[Tinker2]

Well, not flint.

I just got this. The date on the img is not true.


Tinker2

 

[gmww]

Very cool! :thumbsup: You know the history about it?

 

[wulf]

gmww...would you have a diagram of the folding
trigger model of the same size...I know how the
Paterson works...I like to make stuff like that.

 

[gmww]

Unfortunately I don't. The photos are from an auction site. They sure are purdy!

 

[Tinker2]

Very cool! :thumbsup: You know the history about it?

gmww

I got it last December at a gun in show in Rapid City SD.
It is a two barrel with the drum to select the barrels.
The barrels are screw off barrels I believe.

No markings except a crown over a ”B” on the barrels.
Size compareison.

Tiner2

 

[Tinker2]

gmww...would you have a diagram of the folding
trigger model of the same size...I know how the
Paterson works...I like to make stuff like that.

wulf

This book has a working diagram of it in it if I remember right. http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(v...?CATID=4&SUBID=38&STYLEID=137&PARTNUM=BOOK-LP



Tinker2

 

[wulf]

Thankyou for the quick reply..I will have to CK
this out...